Multiplication Worksheet Generator

Create a printable multiplication worksheet in seconds. Choose the number of digits and problems, press Create, and print it with its answer key. Free, no sign-up.

How to make a multiplication worksheet

Choose the number of digits: 1, 2 or 3. This sets how big the numbers are and how hard the sheet feels.
Choose vertical problems (stacked, the way children learn to multiply with a pencil) or horizontal problems (written on one line, good for mental math).
Pick how many problems you want on the page: 12, 16, 20, 24 or 30. Turn on problem numbers if you want to say "look at number 7" while you check the work, and keep the numbers bold for easy reading.
Press Create. The preview shows the page exactly as it will print. Press Download PDF to save the sheet, or Print to send it straight to your printer. Press Create again whenever you want a fresh set: the numbers change, the layout stays the same.
Press Show answers to see the same sheet with every answer in red. Download or print it as your answer key.

How the problems are built

The first number has the number of digits you choose, and the second number is always between 1 and 12. With one digit, the sheet is pure times-table practice, from 3 x 4 to 9 x 12. With two or three digits, children multiply a bigger number by a single factor, which is the next step in 4th and 5th grade, for example 46 x 7 or 318 x 6.

Which settings for which grade

End of 2nd grade and 3rd grade: one digit, vertical, 16 or 20 problems. This is times-table practice. Start with the tables your child already knows and add one new table each week.

4th grade: two digits. Children multiply the ones, carry, then multiply the tens. Ask them to say each step out loud the first few times.

5th grade: three digits, 20 or more problems, as review and speed practice before moving on to multiplying two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers.

Tips for learning the times tables

Learn the easy tables first: 1, 2, 5 and 10. Then 3, 4 and 9, then 6, 7 and 8. Once a child knows 3 x 7 they also know 7 x 3, so there are fewer facts to learn than it seems.
Use the horizontal layout for quick-fire fact practice, and the vertical layout for multi-digit problems.
Short daily practice beats a long session once a week. One sheet a day for two weeks makes a visible difference.

Using the sheets at home and in class

At home, keep a small chart of the tables your child has mastered and print sheets that mix them with one new table at a time. In class, the same settings can produce a different sheet for every table group, which stops children from copying answers from a neighbour. Multiplication sheets also make good bell-ringers: a 12-problem horizontal sheet takes about five minutes and warms children up for the lesson.

What is on the printed page

Each sheet has a clear title, a line for the child's name and the date, and a neat grid of multiplication problems with plenty of room to write. The font is large and simple, the page is uncluttered, and it prints well in black and white. Because the numbers are random, two sheets with the same settings are never the same, which makes the generator handy for daily practice, homework and quick checks before a test.