What is 8 times 2?

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

8 x 2 = 16

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

8 * 2 = 16
8 • 2 = 16
8(2) = 16

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

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

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