Multiplication worksheets
Set the digits, decide whether to include carrying, choose how many questions, and print. The answer key is generated from the same questions, so it always matches.
Ready-made sets
One click configures the tool and generates the sheet. Then print it, or adjust anything you like.
What each setting does
First and second factor digits
These two settings do more to control difficulty than anything else. “2 digits by 1 digit” is the standard step after times tables are secure. “2 digits by 2 digits” roughly doubles the working memory a child needs, because they must hold one partial product while calculating the next.
Regrouping
Regrouping — carrying — is the point where written multiplication stops being a layout exercise and becomes arithmetic. Turning it off produces questions like 23 × 3 where every digit product is under ten. That is deliberate: it separates two skills that children often fail at the same time.
Horizontal or column
Horizontal questions (“34 × 6 =”) test whether the child knows the fact. Column questions test whether they can execute the written method. They are different skills and deserve separate sheets.
Worked examples
- 34 × 6 = 204
Six fours are 24. Write the 4, carry the 2. Six threes are 18, plus the carried 2 is 20. Most errors here come from forgetting to add the carried digit, not from the multiplication itself. - 23 × 3 = 69 (no regrouping)
Three threes are 9, three twos are 6. Nothing is carried, so the child only has to hold the column positions. If this is still shaky, the problem is place value, not multiplication. - 47 × 25 = 1,175
Two partial products: 47 × 5 = 235, and 47 × 20 = 940. The commonest error is writing 47 × 2 = 94 in the ones column instead of shifting it one place left. - 8 × 7 = 56
Statistically the fact children get wrong most often. It has no shortcut pattern like the fives or nines, so it needs deliberate over-practice.
Using these in class
- Same skill, three groups. Keep the digits identical and change only the question count: eight questions for the group that needs support, twenty for the group that is fluent.
- A and B versions. Print one sheet, click New questions, print again. Same difficulty, different questions — useful for a Friday check with no copying.
- Answer key for self-marking. Print page two for the pupils who are ready to check their own work. Self-marking against a key is faster feedback than waiting for you.
- Timed fluency sets. Thirty single-digit facts, three minutes, once a week. Track the score rather than the time.
Printing
- Print at 100% scale. “Fit to page” will shrink the questions and the answer alignment.
- Letter and A4 are laid out separately, not scaled from one another. Choose the paper you actually have loaded.
- The answer key starts on a new page, so page one is always the pupil sheet.
- The footer records the seed and settings. Write nothing down — the sheet is its own record.
Questions
What does “no regrouping” mean?
It generates questions where no digit product reaches ten, so there is nothing to carry. For example 23 × 3 rather than 34 × 6. It lets a child practise the layout of the column method before adding the carrying step.
Why are there only twelve or twenty questions?
Short sheets get finished. A twenty-question sheet that a child completes and you mark is worth more than a sixty-question sheet that gets abandoned halfway. The count is adjustable up to sixty if you need a longer set.
Can I print just the answer key?
Yes. The answer key is a separate page in the same document, so you can print only page two from the print dialog. You can also turn the answer key off entirely and keep the questions.
How do I make a second version without the same questions?
Click New questions. The settings stay identical and a new seed is used, so the difficulty is the same but the questions differ. This is how you make an A and B version of the same test.
Are the answers checked?
The answer key is generated from the same question data as the question page, so the two can never disagree. Every product is computed, not typed.
Which format should I use, horizontal or column?
Use horizontal for fact fluency and mental work. Use column format once you are teaching written long multiplication, because the layout is part of what the child is learning.