➕ 3rd grade math · Add & Subtract

Times table tricks

Times 4 is doubling twice: 4 × 6 is double 12, which is 24. Times 3 is a double plus one more group.

Worked example

3 × 2 = ?

Answer: 6

3 × 2 means 2 groups of 3. Count by 3s: 3, 6. So 3 × 2 = 6.

For grown-ups: Fact strategies by family: ×2 doubles, ×5 half of ×10, ×9 is ×10 − n, ×4 double-double, ×3 is ×2 + n, square facts, then the "hard 7s and 8s" via the distributive property. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

CCSS 3.OA.B.5

What this practises, for teachers

Practices fact strategies by family: ×2 doubles, ×5 half of ×10, ×9 is ×10 − n, ×4 double-double, ×3 is ×2 + n, square facts, then the "hard 7s and 8s" via the distributive property (3.OA.B.5). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

8 × 3 = ?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 24
8 × 3 means 3 groups of 8. Count by 8s: 8, 16, 24. So 8 × 3 = 24.
4 × 4 = ?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 16
4 × 4 means 4 groups of 4. Count by 4s: 4, 8, 12, 16. So 4 × 4 = 16.
4 × 3 = ?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 12
4 × 3 means 3 groups of 4. Count by 4s: 4, 8, 12. So 4 × 3 = 12.

Before and after

Learn first: Times tables to 10 (3rd)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

Times table tricks (3rd grade)

10 × 3 = ?
8 × 3 = ?
3 × 6 = ?
7 × 3 = ?
3 × 7 = ?
3 × 7 = ?
7 × 4 = ?
1 × 3 = ?
3 × 7 = ?
4 × 3 = ?
3 × 4 = ?
3 × 3 = ?

Try three

Before and after

Times table tricks (3rd grade)

Answer key