Table of contents
- Show Me the 17 Times Table (1 to 10)
- Show Me the 17 Times Table up to 20 (11 to 20)
- What Does the Multiplication Table of 17 Actually Mean?
- 3 Easy Tricks to Remember the Table of 17
- Bonus: Two Quick Checks
- How to Learn the 17 Times Table Faster
- Free Table of 17 Worksheet
- Where You'll Use the Table of 17 in Real Life
- Common Mistakes to Watch For
- Conclusion
- Frequently Asked Questions
17 × 8. Calm or panicking?
Yeah, I thought so. The table of 17 has a bad reputation. It’s two digits. It’s prime. Nobody ever taught you a catchy rhyme for it. But here’s the good news: you don’t have to memorise it like a poem. If you can add 10 and add 7, you can build every single line.
Below you’ll find the multiplication table of 17 up to 20, three tricks that actually work, a free worksheet with an answer key, and answers to what parents and teachers ask most. Prefer paper? Print this page or save it as a PDF from your browser.
Show Me the 17 Times Table (1 to 10)
Here’s the chart:
Multiplication | Result |
17 × 1 | 17 |
17 × 2 | 34 |
17 × 3 | 51 |
17 × 4 | 68 |
17 × 5 | 85 |
17 × 6 | 102 |
17 × 7 | 119 |
17 × 8 | 136 |
17 × 9 | 153 |
17 × 10 | 170 |
Read it out loud once. Seventeen ones are seventeen, seventeen twos are thirty-four, seventeen threes are fifty-one. Feels a bit silly. Your ears will still catch a rhythm your eyes miss.
Show Me the 17 Times Table up to 20 (11 to 20)
Lots of school tests stop at 10 or 12. Some Olympiad and mental maths papers don’t, so here’s the rest:
Multiplication | Result |
17 × 11 | 187 |
17 × 12 | 204 |
17 × 13 | 221 |
17 × 14 | 238 |
17 × 15 | 255 |
17 × 16 | 272 |
17 × 17 | 289 |
17 × 18 | 306 |
17 × 19 | 323 |
17 × 20 | 340 |
Quick list of the multiples of 17 up to 170: 17, 34, 51, 68, 85, 102, 119, 136, 153, 170.
What Does the Multiplication Table of 17 Actually Mean?
“Seventeen of something.” That’s it. Seventeen groups, seventeen jumps, seventeen copies. So 17 × 3 is 17 + 17 + 17 = 51.
Picture a school bus with 17 students on it. Five buses lined up outside? 85 students. Add a sixth bus and you’re at 102. Once the number is a busload of noisy kids, the table stops being a chant and starts being a head count.
3 Easy Tricks to Remember the Table of 17
Three tricks, and you don’t need all of them. Try each once, keep the one that feels natural, forget the others.
1. Split it into 10 + 7
This is the useful one. Since 17 = 10 + 7, then 17 × n = (10 × n) + (7 × n). Tens are easy. If your 7s are solid, the rest just drops into place.
- 17 × 6: 60 + 42 = 102
- 17 × 8: 80 + 56 = 136
- 17 × 12: 120 + 84 = 204
If the 7s are still wobbly, fix those first. Everything else gets easier after that.
2. Use 20 − 3
A sneaky one. Since 17 = 20 − 3, then 17 × n = (20 × n) − (3 × n). Multiplying by 20 is just doubling and adding a zero, so the first half is quick. Then you take the small bit away.
- 17 × 6: 120 − 18 = 102
- 17 × 8: 160 − 24 = 136
- 17 × 9: 180 − 27 = 153
It works best if subtraction doesn’t scare you. If it does, stick with trick 1. No hard feelings.
3. Add 17 to the line above
Blank on 17 × 9? You probably remember 17 × 8 is 136. Add 17. And here’s the nice bit: add 20, then take away 3. So 136 + 20 = 156, and 156 − 3 = 153. Every line is just the one above plus 17, so you can always climb back to the answer from a neighbour you trust.
Bonus: Two Quick Checks
These won’t help you learn the table. They help you catch mistakes.
Check the last digit. Look at the ones place in the first ten answers: 7, 4, 1, 8, 5, 2, 9, 6, 3, 0. It’s exactly the same pattern as the table of 7. Worked out 17 × 6 and got something ending in 3? Something’s off.
Is a number in the table of 17? There’s a divisibility rule, and it’s fiddly. Multiply the last digit by 5, then subtract that from the rest of the number. If you land on 0 or a multiple of 17, the original number divides by 17.
- 119: last digit 9, and 9 × 5 = 45. The rest is 11, and 11 − 45 = −34, which is −2 × 17. Yes, it’s 17 × 7.
- 289: last digit 9, and 9 × 5 = 45. The rest is 28, and 28 − 45 = −17. Yes, it’s 17 × 17.
- 136: last digit 6, and 6 × 5 = 30. The rest is 13, and 13 − 30 = −17. Yes, it’s 17 × 8.
- 100: last digit 0, so the rest is 10, and 10 − 0 = 10. Not a multiple of 17, so no.
Honestly, it’s a lot for younger kids. Older students tend to find it oddly satisfying.
How to Learn the 17 Times Table Faster
Tricks help you understand it. Habits help you keep it.
Keep sessions short. Five minutes a day beats an hour of panic the night before a test. [Add your own line here, like: “When I practised with my nephew, ten minutes after dinner worked far better than a long weekend session.”] And shuffle the order. Don’t just chant 17, 34, 51 in a row. Ask “17 × 8?”, then “17 × 3?”, then “17 × 6?” Tests don’t come in order, so why should I practice?
Use real stuff when you can: students on buses, coins, a row of pencils. Say it, write it, then try a word problem, because each one reaches your memory through a different door. Games help too. Flashcards, a race against a sibling, or rolling a die and multiplying by 17. And please, no drama over wrong answers. A mistake just shows you which line needs another look. [Add your own line here, like: “My niece kept mixing up 17 × 7 and 17 × 8 until we taught her to build each one from 10 + 7.”]
Free Table of 17 Worksheet
No peeking at the chart.
- Fill in the blanks
- 17 × 3 = ____
- 17 × 5 = ____
- 17 × 6 = ____
- 17 × 9 = ____
- 17 × 10 = ____
- 17 × 12 = ____
- Find the missing number
- 17 × ____ = 68
- 17 × ____ = 119
- 17 × ____ = 153
- 17 × ____ = 187
- ____ × 17 = 102
- Complete the pattern
- 17, 34, ____, 68, ____, 102
- 119, 136, ____, 170
- Word problems
- A bus carries 17 students. How many students are there in 5 buses?
- A box holds 17 pencils. How many pencils are there in 8 boxes?
- Meena reads 17 pages every day. How many pages does she read in 6 days?
- Rahul saves ₹17 every day. How much does he save in 12 days?
- Use the tricks
- Use 10 + 7 to work out 17 × 7.
- Use 20 − 3 to work out 17 × 9.
- Is it in the table of 17? Write yes or no.
- 51
- 100
- 153
- 175
- Challenge
- Use 17 × 10 and 17 × 7 to work out 17 × 17.
- Work out 17 × 15 using any trick you like.
Answer Key
A: 1) 51, 2) 85, 3) 102, 4) 153, 5) 170, 6) 204
B: 7) 4, 8) 7, 9) 9, 10) 11, 11) 6
C: 12) 51 and 85, 13) 153
D: 14) 85 students, 15) 136 pencils, 16) 102 pages, 17) ₹204
E: 18) 70 + 49 = 119, 19) 180 − 27 = 153
F: 20) Yes (17 × 3), 21) No, 22) Yes (17 × 9), 23) No (17 × 10 is 170 and 17 × 11 is 187)
G: 24) 170 + 119 = 289, 25) 255 (for example, 170 + 85)
Where You'll Use the Table of 17 in Real Life
Let’s be honest. You won’t bump into 17 as often as 7 or 10. But it pops up in mental maths practice, in Olympiad questions, in packs and batches of 17, and in plenty of “how many in total?” word problems. It’s also a prime number, which makes it a handy example once you start learning about factors and multiples.
Common Mistakes to Watch For
The classic is swapping 17 × 6 and 17 × 7. They sit side by side, so 102 and 119 get flipped constantly. Build each one from 10 + 7 (60 + 42, then 70 + 49) and the answer sorts itself out.
Then there’s dropping the hundreds. 17 × 6 is 102, not 12 or 92. It’s the first answer to cross 100, so give that line a bit of extra love.
And the quiet mistake? Memorising without understanding. A child who knows 17 × 4 means “four groups of seventeen” can recover from a blank. A child who only learned a sing-song is stuck.
Conclusion
The table of 17 looks bigger than it is. Split it into 10 + 7 when you’re stuck, use 20 − 3 when subtraction feels friendly, and check yourself with the last-digit pattern. Practise a little each day instead of cramming. Give it a couple of weeks, and 17 × 8 stops being a question. It’s just 136.
Frequently Asked Questions
17, 34, 51, 68, 85, 102, 119, 136, 153, 170. Each number is 17 more than the one before.
Split 17 into 10 + 7. Multiply by 10, multiply by 7, and add the two. It works for every line in the table.
17, 34, 51, 68, 85, 102, 119, 136, 153 and 170.
Yes. Its only factors are 1 and 17, which is why it has no neat shortcut like the 9s or 11s.
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