What is 5 times 8?

Here we answer one simple question: What is 5 times 8? (or What is 5 multiplied by 8?) The answer is as follows:

5 x 8 = 40

Here are some other ways to display or communicate that 5 times 8 equals 40:

5 * 8 = 40
5 • 8 = 40
5(8) = 40

To explain what 5 times 8 means, look at it as 5 added together 8 times. To get the answer, you could just write down the number 5, 8 times and then add the 5 numbers together.

If you have one of those old-fashioned handheld calculators, you can double check that the answer is 40 by pressing 5, then x, then 8, and then = to get the answer.

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