Multiplication Table
A multiplication table lists one number’s products in order: 1 × 7 = 7, 2 × 7 = 14 and so on. Choose which tables to print, how far each runs, and whether to show the answers or leave blanks, and the cards are laid out on as many pages as they need.
Your sheet
Printing: choose Actual size or 100%, not “Fit to page”, so 1 cm prints as 1 cm. How to check.
What is on each card?
The n times table is the list k × n for k = 1, 2, 3 … up to the chosen limit. Each product is n more than the one before it.
Worked example. The 7 times table to 12: 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84. Each step adds 7, so 8 × 7 is 7 × 7 + 7 = 49 + 7 = 56. Cards are placed three across and two down on a portrait page, so tables 1 to 6 fill the first page and 7 to 12 the second.
Learning a table from its card
Say the table aloud three times with the answers showing. Cover the answers and say it again. Then use the blank card and write the answers, checking afterwards. Finally, read the card backwards and out of order: knowing 9 × 7 without counting up from 1 × 7 is the goal.
Tables and their tricks
The 9s: the tens digit is one less than the multiplier and the digits add to 9 (6 × 9 = 54). The 4s: double, then double again. The 6s for even numbers: half the number, then put it in front (6 × 8 = 48). The 11s to 9: repeat the digit. Cards make these patterns visible because the whole table is in one column.
Printing a full set
Print 1 to 12 with answers and again without, cut the cards out and keep them on a ring. A child can carry the table they are learning and quiz themselves anywhere. The hundreds chart and the number line are the companions for counting on.
Questions about multiplication tables
What is the difference between this and the multiplication chart?
The multiplication chart is one big grid of every product. This page prints each table as its own list, “1 × 7 = 7” down to “12 × 7 = 84”, which is how tables are usually learnt and recited.
How many tables fit on a page?
Six cards per page in portrait (three across, two down) and eight in landscape. Tables 1 to 12 take two pages in portrait; printing 2 to 12 or 1 to 10 fits more neatly.
Can I make practice cards with the answers missing?
Yes. Untick “Show the answers” and every line ends in a blank: “3 × 7 = ____”. Print one set with answers and one without.
Which tables should a child learn first?
A common order, the one England’s national curriculum follows, is 2, 5, 10, then 3, 4, 8, then 6, 7, 9, then 11 and 12. Print just the current table (set “first” and “last” to the same number) so the card has one job.
Can I go past 12?
Yes, up to 25, and each table can run up to 20 times. Some curricula want 13 to 15; set “Each table goes up to” to match.