Free multiplication worksheets

How to use these worksheets

Print at 100% on A4 or US Letter so the columns stay wide enough to write carries above the problem. There is no answer key, so keep a calculator beside you. Twenty problems is one sitting for a fourth grader and two for a third grader: split a page in half if accuracy drops.

• Sheet 1: 2-digit by 1-digit up to 92 x 7. Start here. Every problem is one row of work with a single carry, such as 57 x 5. Insist the carry is written above the tens column, not held in the head.
• Sheet 2: 2-digit by 2-digit up to 85 x 99. Save this until the one-digit sheets are accurate. Problems like 97 x 57 and 96 x 86 need two partial products, a placeholder zero and a final addition, so rule a line under each partial product.
• Sheet 3: 2-digit by 1-digit up to 96 x 9. Mostly problems like 94 x 2 and 56 x 9, but one, 17 x 58, has a two-digit multiplier. Point it out first, or let your child find it and say why it is different.
• Sheet 4: 18 x 2 up to 99 x 9. The range runs from easy to hard, so use this page for a timed run. Once the 9s are known, 99 x 9 should be no slower than 18 x 2.
• Sheet 5: 33 x 6, 53 x 9 and 13 x 3. Keep this one back and use it a week later as a retest. Spacing the same skill out is what moves it into recall.

Common mistakes to watch for

• Multiplying the carry instead of adding it. In 57 x 5, the carried 3 is added to 25, not multiplied. This single error is behind most wrong answers on the one-digit sheets.
• Dropping the placeholder zero. On the two-digit sheet, the second partial product starts one place to the left. Without that zero, 23 x 45 comes out roughly ten times too small.
• Digits drifting out of line. Column work fails at the final addition when the ones and tens do not line up. Squared paper fixes this faster than reminders.
• Weak facts dressed up as a method problem. If errors cluster in the 6s, 7s and 8s, the method is fine and the tables are not. Go back to fact practice for a few days.