Six and Eight — Times Tables Power-Up!

Can you count in 2s up to 24? Try it now: 2, 4, 6… Great! Counting in 2s is the secret engine inside both the 6 and 8 times tables. Every multiple of 6 is even, and every multiple of 8 is even too. Notice any pattern in the last digits as you count up?

The times sign (×) means 'groups of'. So 3 × 6 means '3 groups of 6'. Let's build both tables step by step. **The 6 times table:** 1 × 6 = 6 2 × 6 = 12 3 × 6 = 18 4 × 6 = 24 5 × 6 = 30 6 × 6 = 36 7 × 6 = 42 8 × 6 = 48 9 × 6 = 54 10 × 6 = 60 11 × 6 = 66 12 × 6 = 72 Spot the pattern: the last digits go 6, 2, 8, 4, 0 and then repeat! **The 8 times table:** 1 × 8 = 8 2 × 8 = 16 3 × 8 = 24 4 × 8 = 32 5 × 8 = 40 6 × 8 = 48 7 × 8 = 56 8 × 8 = 64 9 × 8 = 72 10 × 8 = 80 11 × 8 = 88 12 × 8 = 96 Spot the pattern: the last digits go 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 and then repeat — counting down in 2s! **A handy link:** 6 × 8 = 48. Both tables share this fact. If you know it one way, you know it the other way too — that's the commutative property (kom-MYOO-ta-tiv), which means you can swap the numbers and the answer stays the same.