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3 times table worksheets

Sixteen problems on the 3 times table, in three versions with answer keys, from 3 × 2 to 3 × 10 in both orders. A short sheet for one table at a time.

Multiplication facts: factors up to 10

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Multiply.

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Multiplication facts: factors up to 10

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Multiply.

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Multiplication facts: factors up to 10

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Multiply.

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Answer key

Sheet A

  1. 27
  2. 21
  3. 27
  4. 9
  5. 18
  6. 24
  7. 24
  8. 18
  9. 15
  10. 30
  11. 30
  12. 12
  13. 21
  14. 12
  15. 15
  16. 6

Sheet B

  1. 6
  2. 30
  3. 6
  4. 18
  5. 24
  6. 18
  7. 24
  8. 27
  9. 21
  10. 27
  11. 30
  12. 12
  13. 15
  14. 12
  15. 15
  16. 9

Sheet C

  1. 30
  2. 12
  3. 21
  4. 24
  5. 18
  6. 30
  7. 27
  8. 15
  9. 12
  10. 18
  11. 6
  12. 9
  13. 21
  14. 6
  15. 24
  16. 15
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Multiplication facts: 16 problems a sheet, 3 versions that do not repeat each other where the numbers allow.

How to use it

  1. Look at the sheet: it is a real, printable sheet. Switch between Sheet A, B and C, or press New numbers (N) for a fresh set.
  2. Change how many problems, how many versions, and whether the key prints. Settings stay in this browser; Share copies a link that rebuilds the same sheets.
  3. Press Print sheet A and key, or Print all. The answer key prints on its own page, so you can keep it back.

Ideas for class

  • Chant the table with a clap on each multiple, then write the answers down as a list before the sheet. Students use the list on the first sheet and put it away on the third.
  • Notice the digits of the multiples with the class: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30. The digits of every multiple of 3 add up to a multiple of 3.
  • Print the stacked layout for facts in column form, and the line layout once students are writing number sentences.

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Questions

Why does the sheet have only sixteen problems?

The 3 times table has just nine facts from 3 × 2 to 3 × 10. Sixteen problems use each fact once or twice in both orders, so no sheet is a copy of the one before.

Do the three versions have the same problems?

They have the same nine facts in different orders and with the factors swapped. A single table cannot give three entirely different sheets, and the page says so rather than pretend.

Are the answer keys checked?

Each answer is worked out by the code that wrote the problem, and our tests recompute every answer a second way and compare. Please still look over the key before you grade a class set.

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What this worksheet covers

Every problem on this sheet has a 3 in it, with the other factor from 2 to 10 and the order mixed. There are only nine facts in the table, which is why the sheet is sixteen problems, not twenty, and why the three versions repeat the facts in different orders. The point is to hear the table as a whole: three, six, nine, twelve.

Who it is for

Third grade, 3.OA.C.7. Most classes teach the 3s after the 2s, 5s and 10s. It is the table where skip counting starts to need real effort, and a good place to teach the doubling trick: 3 × n is 2 × n plus one more n.

The 3 times table, from 3 × 2 to 3 × 10 · grades 2 and 3

A worked example

For 3 × 7, double 7 to get 14 and add one more 7: 14 + 7 = 21. Check with skip counting: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21. Ask students to do the same for 3 × 8 and find that it is 16 + 8.

Mistakes to watch for

  • Skipping a count while skip counting, so 3 × 7 comes out as 18 or 24. Use fingers or a number line to count the steps.
  • Confusing 3 × 8 and 3 × 9 with 24 and 27 in the wrong order. Say the pair together: eight, twenty-four; nine, twenty-seven.

Make it your own

This sheet is one setting of the math worksheet generator. Open it there to change the skill, the range of numbers or the heading, or to mix several skills on one sheet.