6 times 8 is 48 — with the shortcut, the division facts and a drill to make it stick
6 × 8 = 48. It sits one below the square 7 × 7 = 49, which makes it one of the easiest "hard" facts once you see why.
6 × 8 = 48. Said out loud in the way most classrooms say it: Six eights are forty-eight.
8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 48 — that is six eights added together.
6 × 8 sits right next to the square 7 × 7 = 49. Numbers one either side of 7 multiply to one less than 49, so 6 × 8 is 48 without any counting at all.
The other route is doubling: 3 × 8 = 24, and doubling 24 gives 48. Doubling is usually more reliable than adding up sixes, because each step is a fact you already know.
The common wrong answers are 42 (that is 6 × 7) and 46. There are 48 hours in two days — a handy real-world check.
Method 1, split 8 into 5 + 3: 6 × 5 = 30 (half of 6 × 10 = 60) and 6 × 3 = 18. Add them: 30 + 18 = 48.
Method 2, the near-square trick (both are 1 from 7): 6 and 8 sit 1 either side of 7, so the answer is 7 × 7 minus 1 × 1: 49 − 1 = 48.
Double three times. 6 → 12 → 24 → 48.
Because one of the factors is even, the answer has to be even. 48 is, so the parity check passes.
6 × 8 = 48, 8 × 6 = 48, 48 ÷ 6 = 8 and 48 ÷ 8 = 6 are one fact read in different directions. The facts either side — 6 × 7 = 42, 6 × 9 = 54, 5 × 8 = 40, 7 × 8 = 56 — are the answers people most often give by mistake when rushing, and each is just one six or one eight away from 48.
48 appears twice in the grid: as 6 × 8 in the six times table and as 8 × 6 in the eight times table. The highlighted row shows both.
| × | 6 times table | 8 times table |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 × 1 = 6 | 8 × 1 = 8 |
| 2 | 6 × 2 = 12 | 8 × 2 = 16 |
| 3 | 6 × 3 = 18 | 8 × 3 = 24 |
| 4 | 6 × 4 = 24 | 8 × 4 = 32 |
| 5 | 6 × 5 = 30 | 8 × 5 = 40 |
| 6 | 6 × 6 = 36 | 8 × 6 = 48 |
| 7 | 6 × 7 = 42 | 8 × 7 = 56 |
| 8 | 6 × 8 = 48 | 8 × 8 = 64 |
| 9 | 6 × 9 = 54 | 8 × 9 = 72 |
| 10 | 6 × 10 = 60 | 8 × 10 = 80 |
| 11 | 6 × 11 = 66 | 8 × 11 = 88 |
| 12 | 6 × 12 = 72 | 8 × 12 = 96 |
These are the facts one step away from 6 × 8 in the grid, and the answers people give by mistake when rushing. The last column shows how far each lands from 48; tap a fact to open it or its times table.
| Fact | Answer | Compared with 48 |
|---|---|---|
| 6 × 7 | 42 | 6 less |
| 6 × 9 | 54 | 6 more |
| 5 × 8 | 40 | 8 less |
| 7 × 8 | 56 | 8 more |
| 5 × 9 | 45 | 3 less |
| 7 × 7 | 49 | 1 more |
| 8 × 6 | 48 | same answer |
Use the drill on this page for a 60-second quiz on 6 × 8 and its neighbours, read the 6 and 8 times tables in full, or play the arcade game until the answer comes without counting.
6 times 8 is 48. In words, six eights are forty-eight.
48 ÷ 6 = 8, because 6 × 8 = 48. The matching fact is 48 ÷ 8 = 6.
Method 1, split 8 into 5 + 3: 6 × 5 = 30 (half of 6 × 10 = 60) and 6 × 3 = 18. Add them: 30 + 18 = 48. Method 2, the near-square trick (both are 1 from 7): 6 and 8 sit 1 either side of 7, so the answer is 7 × 7 minus 1 × 1: 49 − 1 = 48.
Yes. Multiplication can be done in either order, so 6 × 8 and 8 × 6 both equal 48.
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24 and 48: ten factors, which is why 48 can be split into equal groups so many ways (6 × 8, 4 × 12, 3 × 16, 2 × 24).
48 ÷ 6 = 8 and 48 ÷ 8 = 6, the two division facts that go with 6 × 8 = 48.
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.