Charts and number linesGrades 2–5
Printable multiplication chart
Print a times table grid in four sizes (10, 12, 15 or 20), as a finished reference chart, a blank grid, or a partly filled one with a key. An addition chart is available too.
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One grid, three jobs
A multiplication chart is a square grid with numbers down the left side and across the top. To find a product, find the row for one factor and the column for the other, then look where they meet. The same page can be a reference taped inside a notebook, a blank grid for students to build themselves, or a partly filled grid with gaps to complete.
The chart is mostly a tool for grades 2 to 5. Younger students use it to see skip counting, while older ones use it to spot patterns and recover forgotten facts. For one table in detail, see the 9 times table worksheet.
Settings
- Chart. "Multiplication" is the preset. "Addition" prints a sum grid with a plus sign in the corner, the same layout for addition facts.
- Size. 10 × 10, 12 × 12, 15 × 15 or 20 × 20. Twelve is the common classroom standard, because many US curricula drill through the 12s. Choose 10 for early learners with a larger, easier-to-read print. The 15 and 20 sizes are for students extending their facts, and the numbers get smaller as the grid grows.
- Fill. Three choices:
- Filled in (reference chart). Every product is printed. This version has no name line and no answer key, because it is not a worksheet.
- Blank (students fill it in). Only the headers are printed, and the key shows the full chart.
- Partly filled (fill the gaps). Each square has about a 45% chance of being left empty, so roughly half are for students to fill in. The key marks the missing ones in a second color. Pressing New problems moves the gaps.
The paper-size menu offers US Letter and A4, and the grid is scaled to fit the page either way.
Worked example: find 7 × 8, then fill a gap
Reading the chart.
- Put one finger on 7 in the left-hand column and another on 8 in the top row.
- Slide them toward each other until they meet.
- The square says 56, so 7 × 8 = 56.
Using symmetry. Find 8 × 7 by swapping the finger positions. You land on the same 56, which shows that the order of the factors does not change the product. This means half of the grid repeats the other half across the diagonal, so a student only needs to learn about half the facts.
Filling a gap. Suppose the partial chart has an empty square in row 9, column 6. Nearby squares might show 9 × 5 = 45 in the square just to the left. Add one more nine: 45 + 9 = 54. Check by swapping: 6 × 9 = 54.
Patterns worth pointing out
Once a chart is in front of a child, invite them to color in all multiples of 5 and notice that they end in 0 or 5. Look at the 9s row: the digits of each product add to 9 (18, 27, 36, 45). The diagonal from the top left holds the square numbers: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25. Even numbers cluster in a checkerboard-like arrangement, because an even factor always makes an even product. These are patterns the standards ask third graders to explain, and a printed chart makes them easy to see.
Common mistakes
- Reading the wrong row or column. The answer is a neighbor of the right one, for instance 63 instead of 56. Use a ruler or index card.
- Filling gaps by pattern alone. On the partial chart, a student continues the row but ignores the column. The key shows how the column disagrees.
- Writing the headers' sum. On an addition chart, a student multiplies by habit. Make sure the corner symbol is noticed.
Next steps
After a student has filled in a blank chart once or twice, try a timed math minute on the same facts, or work through the 12 times table worksheet to build the last rows.