4 times 6 is 24 — with the shortcut, the division facts and a drill to make it stick
4 × 6 = 24. Twenty-four divides in more ways than almost any number its size, which is why it runs our clocks.
4 × 6 = 24. Said out loud in the way most classrooms say it: Four sixes are twenty-four.
6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24 — that is four sixes added together.
Double 6 is 12, double 12 is 24. Like every four-times fact, 4 × 6 is doubling twice.
24 divides evenly by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12. That is a big part of why a 24-hour day is so practical: it splits into halves, thirds, quarters, sixths and eighths without fractions of an hour.
It is also 4 factorial: 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 24, the number of different orders four things can be put in. Four people can line up in 24 ways.
Method 1, split 6 into 5 + 1: 4 × 5 = 20 (half of 4 × 10 = 40) and 4 × 1 = 4. Add them: 20 + 4 = 24.
Method 2, the near-square trick (both are 1 from 5): 4 and 6 sit 1 either side of 5, so the answer is 5 × 5 minus 1 × 1: 25 − 1 = 24.
Double twice. 6 doubles to 12, and 12 doubles to 24.
Because one of the factors is even, the answer has to be even. 24 is, so the parity check passes.
4 × 6 = 24, 6 × 4 = 24, 24 ÷ 4 = 6 and 24 ÷ 6 = 4 are one fact read in different directions. The facts either side — 4 × 5 = 20, 4 × 7 = 28, 3 × 6 = 18, 5 × 6 = 30 — are the answers people most often give by mistake when rushing, and each is just one four or one six away from 24.
24 appears twice in the grid: as 4 × 6 in the four times table and as 6 × 4 in the six times table. The highlighted row shows both.
| × | 4 times table | 6 times table |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 × 1 = 4 | 6 × 1 = 6 |
| 2 | 4 × 2 = 8 | 6 × 2 = 12 |
| 3 | 4 × 3 = 12 | 6 × 3 = 18 |
| 4 | 4 × 4 = 16 | 6 × 4 = 24 |
| 5 | 4 × 5 = 20 | 6 × 5 = 30 |
| 6 | 4 × 6 = 24 | 6 × 6 = 36 |
| 7 | 4 × 7 = 28 | 6 × 7 = 42 |
| 8 | 4 × 8 = 32 | 6 × 8 = 48 |
| 9 | 4 × 9 = 36 | 6 × 9 = 54 |
| 10 | 4 × 10 = 40 | 6 × 10 = 60 |
| 11 | 4 × 11 = 44 | 6 × 11 = 66 |
| 12 | 4 × 12 = 48 | 6 × 12 = 72 |
These are the facts one step away from 4 × 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 × 5 | 20 | 4 less |
| 4 × 7 | 28 | 4 more |
| 3 × 6 | 18 | 6 less |
| 5 × 6 | 30 | 6 more |
| 3 × 7 | 21 | 3 less |
| 5 × 5 | 25 | 1 more |
| 6 × 4 | 24 | same answer |
Use the drill on this page for a 60-second quiz on 4 × 6 and its neighbours, read the 4 and 6 times tables in full, or play the arcade game until the answer comes without counting.
4 times 6 is 24. In words, four sixes are twenty-four.
24 ÷ 4 = 6, because 4 × 6 = 24. The matching fact is 24 ÷ 6 = 4.
Method 1, split 6 into 5 + 1: 4 × 5 = 20 (half of 4 × 10 = 40) and 4 × 1 = 4. Add them: 20 + 4 = 24. Method 2, the near-square trick (both are 1 from 5): 4 and 6 sit 1 either side of 5, so the answer is 5 × 5 minus 1 × 1: 25 − 1 = 24.
Yes. Multiplication can be done in either order, so 4 × 6 and 6 × 4 both equal 24.
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24. As times-table facts that is 4 × 6, 3 × 8 and 2 × 12.
24 ÷ 4 = 6 and 24 ÷ 6 = 4.
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.