11 times 12 is 132 — with the shortcut, the division facts and a drill to make it stick
11 × 12 = 132. It is the fact next to the famous 12 × 12 = 144, and the elevens have a shortcut that makes it a two-second sum.
11 × 12 = 132. Said out loud in the way most classrooms say it: Eleven twelves are one hundred and thirty-two.
Multiplying is repeated addition, so 11 × 12 is eleven twelves added together, or equally twelve elevens added together. Both routes land on 132.
Multiplying a two-digit number by 11 has a neat pattern: split the digits apart and put their sum in the middle. For 12, that is 1 and 2 with 1 + 2 = 3 between them — 132. It works for 11 × 18 (1, 9, 8 = 198) and any pair whose digits add to 9 or less; above that you carry the 1.
The other route is from the top of the table. 12 × 12 = 144 is the most-memorised square in school, and 11 × 12 is just one twelve fewer: 144 − 12 = 132.
The reason school tables stop at twelve at all is historical. British money had 12 pence to the shilling until 1971, and dozens, feet (12 inches) and gross (144) were everyday units, so 11 × 12 and 12 × 12 were facts people used at the till rather than exam trivia.
Method 1, split 12 into 10 + 2: 11 × 10 = 110 and 11 × 2 = 22. Add them: 110 + 22 = 132.
Method 2, start from the square 11 × 11: 11 × 11 = 121, and 11 × 12 is one more 11: 121 + 11 = 132.
Split the eleven into 10 + 1. Ten twelves are 120, one more twelve makes 132.
Because one of the factors is even, the answer has to be even. 132 is, so the parity check passes.
11 × 12 = 132, 12 × 11 = 132, 132 ÷ 11 = 12 and 132 ÷ 12 = 11 are one fact read in different directions. The facts either side — 11 × 11 = 121, 11 × 13 = 143, 10 × 12 = 120, 12 × 12 = 144 — are the answers people most often give by mistake when rushing, and each is just one eleven or one twelve away from 132.
132 appears twice in the grid: as 11 × 12 in the eleven times table and as 12 × 11 in the twelve times table. The highlighted row shows both.
| × | 11 times table | 12 times table |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 × 1 = 11 | 12 × 1 = 12 |
| 2 | 11 × 2 = 22 | 12 × 2 = 24 |
| 3 | 11 × 3 = 33 | 12 × 3 = 36 |
| 4 | 11 × 4 = 44 | 12 × 4 = 48 |
| 5 | 11 × 5 = 55 | 12 × 5 = 60 |
| 6 | 11 × 6 = 66 | 12 × 6 = 72 |
| 7 | 11 × 7 = 77 | 12 × 7 = 84 |
| 8 | 11 × 8 = 88 | 12 × 8 = 96 |
| 9 | 11 × 9 = 99 | 12 × 9 = 108 |
| 10 | 11 × 10 = 110 | 12 × 10 = 120 |
| 11 | 11 × 11 = 121 | 12 × 11 = 132 |
| 12 | 11 × 12 = 132 | 12 × 12 = 144 |
These are the facts one step away from 11 × 12 in the grid, and the answers people give by mistake when rushing. The last column shows how far each lands from 132; tap a fact to open it or its times table.
| Fact | Answer | Compared with 132 |
|---|---|---|
| 11 × 11 | 121 | 11 less |
| 11 × 13 | 143 | 11 more |
| 10 × 12 | 120 | 12 less |
| 12 × 12 | 144 | 12 more |
| 10 × 13 | 130 | 2 less |
| 12 × 11 | 132 | same answer |
Use the drill on this page for a 60-second quiz on 11 × 12 and its neighbours, read the 11 and 12 times tables in full, or play the arcade game until the answer comes without counting.
11 times 12 is 132. In words, eleven twelves are one hundred and thirty-two.
132 ÷ 11 = 12, because 11 × 12 = 132. The matching fact is 132 ÷ 12 = 11.
Method 1, split 12 into 10 + 2: 11 × 10 = 110 and 11 × 2 = 22. Add them: 110 + 22 = 132. Method 2, start from the square 11 × 11: 11 × 11 = 121, and 11 × 12 is one more 11: 121 + 11 = 132.
Yes. Multiplication can be done in either order, so 11 × 12 and 12 × 11 both equal 132.
132. Split the digits of 12 apart and put their sum (1 + 2 = 3) in the middle: 1, 3, 2. Or take one twelve off 12 × 12 = 144.
Every times table from 1 to 20 is written out on the times tables page, with a drill for any row, and the full grid is on the multiplication chart.