What is 2 times 8?

Here we answer one simple question: What is 2 times 8? (or What is 2 multiplied by 8?) The answer is as follows:

2 x 8 = 16

Here are some other ways to display or communicate that 2 times 8 equals 16:

2 * 8 = 16
2 • 8 = 16
2(8) = 16

To explain what 2 times 8 means, look at it as 2 added together 8 times. To get the answer, you could just write down the number 2, 8 times and then add the 2 numbers together.

If you have one of those old-fashioned handheld calculators, you can double check that the answer is 16 by pressing 2, then x, then 8, and then = to get the answer.

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