Length: 0:31Doubling: 2, 4, 8What is 8 times 3?Grade 3Math story 98 · Multiplication
The 5 Times Trick
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What is 5 times 8? There is a trick for that.
First we do 10 times 8. That's 80.
And 5 is half of 10. So we take half of 80. That's 40.
What is 5 times 6?
Answer and working
Correct! 10 times 6 is 60, and half of that is 30.
5 × 6 = 30
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