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Watch this Supermovers video with Fred the Red to learn a fun song about the 6 times table.

Here is the 6 times table:

Did you know that the 6 times table is the 3 times table doubled?

The 6 times table shares some common even multiples of the 3 times table!

For example:

1 × 6 = 6 and 2 × 3 = 6

2 × 6 = 12 and 4 × 3 = 12

3 × 6 = 18 and 6 × 3 = 18

You can apply your 6 times table knowledge to division facts as well as harder problems.

Remember, division is the inverse operation of multiplication.

If 7 × 6 = 42, then 42 ÷ 6 = 7

A fact family is a group of numbers that all relate to each other. In this case, the array can form two multiplications and two divisions.

The array shows 6 lots of 8 or 8 lots of 6. As a multiplication, that’s:

6 × 8 = 48 and 8 × 6 = 48

Using the multiplication facts, you can find the inverse operations by rearranging the numbers.

48 ÷ 6 = 8 and 48 ÷ 8 = 6

So:

6 × 8 = 48
8 × 6 = 48
48 ÷ 6 = 8
48 ÷ 8 = 6

If the answer has been multiplied by 10, then one of the factors being multiplied also has to be multiplied by 10.

Since 12 has remained the same in both multiplications, 6 must have been multiplied by 10 too in order to become 60.

60 × 12 = 720