MultiplicationFocus ×3
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13 × 3 =
24 × 3 =
32 × 3 =
48 × 3 =
57 × 3 =
69 × 3 =
76 × 3 =
81 × 3 =
910 × 3 =
105 × 3 =
Multiplication by 3 worksheets
The three times table is the first one a child cannot get for free. Doubling handled the twos, the fives announced themselves, the tens fell out of place value — the threes have to be learned. These free printable worksheets cover 3 × 1 through 3 × 10.
Kid stuck on one? You don’t just get the sheet.
Multiplication by 3
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Because there is no shortcut, this is the table that teaches a child what learning a table actually feels like. That is worth naming out loud rather than hiding: the twos, fives, and tens were unusually kind, and a child who thinks every table will arrive that easily reads the threes as evidence that they are bad at multiplication. They are not — they have simply reached the ordinary case.
Why this sheet works
The strategy that does work here is one more group. A child who knows 6 × 2 = 12 gets 6 × 3 by adding one more six: 18. Every three fact sits exactly one group above a two fact they already own, so the table a child just finished is the ladder up to this one, and nothing has to be memorized cold.
How this one works
One question from this sheet, worked through a step at a time.
3 × 3
3×3
3 + 3 + 3=9
3×3=9
- 3 × 3 means 3 groups with 3 in each one — 3 rows of 3. The answer counts everything in all of them, not one row.
- That is 3 lots of 3, added up: 3 + 3 + 3 = 9. The × sign is short for exactly that sum.
- So 3 × 3 = 9.