Other Tips to Remember 2 x 4 = 8

Doubling

• Another trick to remember the TWOs is doubling
• 4 doubled is 8 (4 + 4 = 8)

Skip Counting

• Skip counting is counting while skipping one or more numbers.  To skip count by 2's, skip a number while counting.  (2...4...6...8...)  Many refer to this a "counting by 2's
• 2 x 4 is skip counting four times or 2... 4... 6... 8 and you are at the answer

Double-Double

• To remember the 4 fact family, double the number that is being multiplied by 4 twice. 
• For example, to multiply 2 x 4, 2 doubled once is 4, and 4 doubled is 8.  The answer to 2 x 4 is 8.