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Multiplication & Division Tables Worksheets

Every times table as a column of facts · Grades 2–4

The times tables printed the way a school book prints them: one box per table, each a column of facts from 7 × 1 = 7 down to 7 × 10 = 70, with every table from 2 to 10 on a single page. Switch to division and the same facts run backwards (14 ÷ 2 = 7). Print it complete as a chart to pin above a desk, leave every answer blank to fill in, or mix the blanks so some lines hide the answer and others the number that goes into it. Any range of tables from 1 to 12, each running to × 10 or × 12, with an answer key for the practice sheets.

Skills: times tables, division facts, inverse of multiplication, skip counting. Format: printable, randomized on every load.

Sheets are randomized, free to print, and carry no answer key on purpose – why Super Awesome Math works this way.

How to do it

A times table is one number counted in equal steps, and printing each table as its own column makes those steps visible: every line is the line above plus one more of the same number.

  1. Start with the chart. Read one table aloud from top to bottom, then cover the answers and say them again, checking each one as it is uncovered.
  2. Learn the tables in an order that builds on itself: 2, 5 and 10 first, then 3, 4 and 6, and 7, 8 and 9 last. By the time a child reaches the 7s, most of its facts are already known from other tables.
  3. Move to the sheet with the answers blank, in order. A fact that will not come can still be reached from the line above it: if 6 × 7 is stuck, 6 × 6 = 36 plus another 6 gives 42.
  4. Mix up the order once the tables in order are easy. Out of order, the line above no longer gives the answer away, so each fact has to be known rather than counted on to.
  5. Turn to the division tables last, and read each line as a multiplication question: 56 ÷ 8 asks what times 8 makes 56. The mixed blanks practise both directions at once.

Where it goes wrong

  • Counting up from the top of the table every time. A child who gets to 7 × 8 by counting 7, 14, 21 … knows the sequence, not the fact; mixing up the order shows which facts are really known.
  • Learning each table as a separate list. 3 × 8 and 8 × 3 are the same fact, so the 8s table is mostly done once the 2s to 7s are learned – point that out as each table is reached.

Frequently asked questions
How is this different from the multiplication grid?
The Multiplication sheet is a grid with factors along the top and down the side, filled in where a row and a column meet. This sheet prints each table on its own, as the column of facts a school book or a wall chart shows, and it has a division form; many children learn from the columns first and use the grid to see the patterns between tables.
Can I print a times table chart to pin up?
Yes. Leave Blanks on None and the sheet prints every fact complete: the 2 to 10 tables, or any range from 1 to 12, on one page. Choose facts to × 12 for a full 12 × 12 chart, and switch the operation to print the division tables the same way.
What do the mixed blanks practise?
Each line hides one number, but not always the answer: 6 × □ = 42 asks which number times 6 makes 42, and □ ÷ 9 = 4 asks what was divided. Finding a missing factor is the step between knowing the times tables and dividing with them.
At what age should children know their times tables?
Most children meet the 2, 5 and 10 tables in grade 2 and are expected to recall all of them up to 10 × 10, or 12 × 12 in some schools, by the end of grade 3 or 4. Division facts follow straight after, since each one is a multiplication fact read backwards.

Settings
  • Operation: multiplication or division tables
  • Tables: any range from 1 to 12
  • Facts per table: to × 10 or to × 12
  • Sign: × and ÷, or · and :
  • Blanks: none (a chart to pin up), every answer, or a mix of answers and missing numbers
  • Mix up the order of the facts within each table
  • Print an answer key

Example problems
  • 7 × 8 = □
  • 56 ÷ 8 = □
  • 6 × □ = 42
  • □ ÷ 9 = 4

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