Multiplication Table Of 60
The table of 60 is the list of products you get when you multiply 60 by each whole number in turn. It is one of the friendliest large tables, because 60 is just $6 \times 10$, so it is the 6 times table with a zero added to every product.
Table Of 60 Up To 10
Multiplication | Product |
|---|---|
$60 \times 1$ | 60 |
$60 \times 2$ | 120 |
$60 \times 3$ | 180 |
$60 \times 4$ | 240 |
$60 \times 5$ | 300 |
$60 \times 6$ | 360 |
$60 \times 7$ | 420 |
$60 \times 8$ | 480 |
$60 \times 9$ | 540 |
$60 \times 10$ | 600 |
Table Of 60 Up To 20
Multiplication | Product |
|---|---|
$60 \times 11$ | 660 |
$60 \times 12$ | 720 |
$60 \times 13$ | 780 |
$60 \times 14$ | 840 |
$60 \times 15$ | 900 |
$60 \times 16$ | 960 |
$60 \times 17$ | 1020 |
$60 \times 18$ | 1080 |
$60 \times 19$ | 1140 |
$60 \times 20$ | 1200 |
What Is The Table Of 60 In Words?
Reading the rows aloud fixes the pattern before the numbers stick.
One times 60 is 60
Two times 60 is 120
Three times 60 is 180
Four times 60 is 240
Five times 60 is 300
Six times 60 is 360
Seven times 60 is 420
Eight times 60 is 480
Nine times 60 is 540
Ten times 60 is 600
What Is The 60 Times Table?
The 60 times table is repeated addition of 60. Each row adds one more group of sixty, so the table answers "how much is sixty, added to itself, again and again?"
Built from the ground up, the ladder looks like this:
$60$
$60 + 60 = 120$
$60 + 60 + 60 = 180$
$60 + 60 + 60 + 60 = 240$
Multiplication is the shortcut for this stacking, which is why $60 \times 4$ and "four sixties added together" both give 240.
What Are The Multiples Of 60?
The multiples of 60 are the numbers you reach by skip-counting in sixties. The first twenty multiples are:
60, 120, 180, 240, 300, 360, 420, 480, 540, 600, 660, 720, 780, 840, 900, 960, 1020, 1080, 1140, 1200.
Every entry in the table of 60 is a multiple of 60, and each is also a multiple of 6, of 10, of 5, and of 12. That rich set of factors is why each product ends in zero and why the leading digits follow the 6, 12, 18, 24 rhythm of the 6 times table.
How To Learn The 60 Times Table (Patterns, Not Memorizing)
Bhanzu teaches the few patterns that generate a table rather than drilling its facts into recall, so a student can rebuild any row by reasoning and carry that number sense into algebra. The table of 60 grows straight out of tables you already know, so no row needs to be stored on its own. Seeing the structure is worth more than any amount of chanting.
Every pattern below comes from how 60 is composed: $60 = 6 \times 10$, and $60 = 5 \times 12$.
Pattern 1: The 6 table with a zero appended. Because $60 = 6 \times 10$, the sixes (6, 12, 18, 24) become the sixties when you append a 0: 60, 120, 180, 240. The zero is the $\times 10$; the sixes carry the rest.
Pattern 2: Every product ends in zero. Since 60 is a multiple of 10, anything times 60 lands on a round ten, so the ones digit is always 0 - a quick check on any answer.
Pattern 3: Sixty is five twelves. Because $60 = 5 \times 12$, you can reach a row through the 12 times table: for $60 \times 4$, take $12 \times 4 = 48$ and multiply by 5 to get 240.
Pattern 4: Split the multiplier by place value. For $60 \times 17$, read 17 as $10 + 7$, so $60 \times 17 = (60 \times 10) + (60 \times 7) = 600 + 420 = 1020$ - the distributive idea you meet again as $60(10 + 7)$ in algebra.
How Do You Read And Use The Table Of 60?
Read each row left to right: $60 \times 6 = 360$ is "sixty multiplied six times gives three hundred sixty." The first number is the group size, the second is the count of groups, and the product is the total.
To learn it, recite the sixes and add a zero as you go, then quiz yourself in a shuffled order so you are recalling facts rather than reciting a chant. The six-plus-zero link is your safety net, so if a row slips, rebuild it from the sixes.
Where Does The Table Of 60 Appear?
Sixty is the math of time. There are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour, so the table of 60 converts minutes into seconds and hours into minutes at a glance: 7 hours is $60 \times 7 = 420$ minutes. It also runs through angles, where a full turn splits into six 60-degree steps, and through any rate quoted per hour, so anyone reading a clock, a timetable, or a speedometer is using this table.
Solved Examples Of The Table Of 60
Example 1
What is $60 \times 7$?
Use the sixes-plus-zero: $6 \times 7 = 42$, then append a zero.
$60 \times 7 = 420$
Final answer: $60 \times 7 = 420$.
Example 2
A film runs 60 minutes. How many minutes are in 9 such films?
Wrong attempt. A rusher reads $60 \times 9$ as just $6 \times 9$ and stops at 54.
Why it breaks. Nine hour-long films must run far longer than a single hour, so 54 minutes cannot be right; it is less than even one film.
Correct. Take $6 \times 9 = 54$, then add the zero that belongs to the 60.
$60 \times 9 = 540$
Final answer: 540 minutes.
Example 3
Find $60 \times 18$.
Split it: $60 \times 10 = 600$ and $60 \times 8 = 480$.
$600 + 480 = 1080$
Final answer: $60 \times 18 = 1080$.
Example 4
$60 \times {?} = 480$.
Divide to find the missing factor: $480 \div 60 = 8$.
Final answer: $60 \times 8 = 480$.
Example 5
Evaluate $60 \times 14 - 30$.
First the product: $60 \times 14 = 840$.
$840 - 30 = 810$
Final answer: $60 \times 14 - 30 = 810$.
What Are Common Mistakes With The Table Of 60?
Mistake 1: Dropping the zero from the 6-table pattern
Where it slips in: Using the sixes-plus-zero method but forgetting to append the zero.
Don't do this: Writing $60 \times 6 = 36$ (the bare $6 \times 6$, no zero).
The correct way: Take $6 \times 6 = 36$, then add one zero, giving $60 \times 6 = 360$.
Mistake 2: Confusing the table of 60 with the table of 6
Where it slips in: Under time pressure, the first instinct is to answer $60 \times 8$ with the $6 \times 8 = 48$ fact and stop there.
Don't do this: Answering $60 \times 8 = 48$.
The correct way: $60 \times 8 = 480$. The 48 is right; the missing zero is the place value that turns it into the table of 60.
Practice Questions On The Table Of 60
$60 \times 4 = {?}$
$60 \times 9 = {?}$
Fill in the blank: $60 \times {?} = 720$.
A workshop lasts 60 minutes. How long are 6 workshops in minutes?
$60 \times 11 = {?}$
Which is larger, $60 \times 7$ or $60 \times 6$?
$60 \times 20 = {?}$
How many seconds are in 5 minutes?
Answers: 1. 240 2. 540 3. 12 4. 360 5. 660 6. $60 \times 7 = 420$ is larger 7. 1200 8. 300 seconds.
Conclusion
The table of 60 is easiest to hold not as twenty separate rows but as the sixes with a zero on the end, backed up by its link to time and to the twelves. Read the chart, check that every answer ends in zero, and rebuild any row you forget from the 6 times table. To keep building this skill with a teacher, explore mental maths for kids, work through the patterns with an elementary math tutor, or explore structured math programs for kids.
Read More
Tables from 1 to 20 - every chart from 2 to 20 in one place.
5 times table - a factor of 60 through $60 = 5 \times 12$.
Table of 30 - half of every row in the table of 60.
Mental math for kids - more pattern-first ways to calculate quickly.
Math is Fun — Multiplication Tables - printable charts and practice from an external reference.
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