2 times 12 is 24 — with the shortcut, the division facts and a drill to make it stick
2 × 12 = 24. Two dozen is the first multiplication most people ever use, and 24 connects to three other facts.
2 × 12 = 24. Said out loud in the way most classrooms say it: Two twelves are twenty-four.
12 + 12 = 24 — that is two twelves added together.
Doubling is the first multiplication anyone learns, and 2 × 12 is simply double twelve: 24. Say it as "two dozen" and it is already familiar.
Because the answer is 24, this fact connects to 3 × 8, 4 × 6 and the hours in a day. If you know 24 well, three other facts come for free.
Twelve is the best table to learn by doubling up: 2 × 12 = 24, 4 × 12 = 48, 8 × 12 = 96. Each step is just a doubling of the one before.
Method 1, split 12 into 10 + 2: 2 × 10 = 20 and 2 × 2 = 4. Add them: 20 + 4 = 24.
Method 2, doubling: Two lots of 12 is 12 doubled: 12 + 12 = 24.
Doubling. 12 + 12 = 24. Every answer in the two times table is even, and 24 is no exception.
Because one of the factors is even, the answer has to be even. 24 is, so the parity check passes.
2 × 12 = 24, 12 × 2 = 24, 24 ÷ 2 = 12 and 24 ÷ 12 = 2 are one fact read in different directions. The facts either side — 2 × 11 = 22, 2 × 13 = 26, 1 × 12 = 12, 3 × 12 = 36 — are the answers people most often give by mistake when rushing, and each is just one two or one twelve away from 24.
24 appears twice in the grid: as 2 × 12 in the two times table and as 12 × 2 in the twelve times table. The highlighted row shows both.
| × | 2 times table | 12 times table |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 × 1 = 2 | 12 × 1 = 12 |
| 2 | 2 × 2 = 4 | 12 × 2 = 24 |
| 3 | 2 × 3 = 6 | 12 × 3 = 36 |
| 4 | 2 × 4 = 8 | 12 × 4 = 48 |
| 5 | 2 × 5 = 10 | 12 × 5 = 60 |
| 6 | 2 × 6 = 12 | 12 × 6 = 72 |
| 7 | 2 × 7 = 14 | 12 × 7 = 84 |
| 8 | 2 × 8 = 16 | 12 × 8 = 96 |
| 9 | 2 × 9 = 18 | 12 × 9 = 108 |
| 10 | 2 × 10 = 20 | 12 × 10 = 120 |
| 11 | 2 × 11 = 22 | 12 × 11 = 132 |
| 12 | 2 × 12 = 24 | 12 × 12 = 144 |
These are the facts one step away from 2 × 12 in the grid, and the answers people give by mistake when rushing. The last column shows how far each lands from 24; tap a fact to open it or its times table.
| Fact | Answer | Compared with 24 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 × 11 | 22 | 2 less |
| 2 × 13 | 26 | 2 more |
| 1 × 12 | 12 | 12 less |
| 3 × 12 | 36 | 12 more |
| 1 × 13 | 13 | 11 less |
| 3 × 11 | 33 | 9 more |
| 12 × 2 | 24 | same answer |
Use the drill on this page for a 60-second quiz on 2 × 12 and its neighbours, read the 2 and 12 times tables in full, or play the arcade game until the answer comes without counting.
2 times 12 is 24. In words, two twelves are twenty-four.
24 ÷ 2 = 12, because 2 × 12 = 24. The matching fact is 24 ÷ 12 = 2.
Method 1, split 12 into 10 + 2: 2 × 10 = 20 and 2 × 2 = 4. Add them: 20 + 4 = 24. Method 2, doubling: Two lots of 12 is 12 doubled: 12 + 12 = 24.
Yes. Multiplication can be done in either order, so 2 × 12 and 12 × 2 both equal 24.
Two dozen is 24, because a dozen is 12 and 2 × 12 = 24.
24 ÷ 2 = 12 and 24 ÷ 12 = 2.
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.