Rick says to find 2 times 5, he can use counting by 5s: 5,10,15,20,25, what rick did wrong

Ok  so 5s to find 2*5 so s=2 so 5(2)=5*2=10  rick went wrong by counting 5 five times which is 5*5 not 2*5 which is 5+5=10 hope this helps! Thank you!