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✖️ 3rd grade math · Multiply & Divide

Times tens

40 is 4 tens. So 6 × 40 is 6 × 4 = 24 tens. 24 tens is 240.

Worked example

3 × 10 = ?
Answer: 30
10 is 1 tens. So 3 × 10 is 3 × 1 = 3 tens, which is 30.

For grown-ups: Multiply one-digit by multiples of 10. 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.NBT.A.3
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Practices multiply one-digit by multiples of 10 (3.NBT.A.3). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. 3 × 10 = ?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 30
    10 is 1 tens. So 3 × 10 is 3 × 1 = 3 tens, which is 30.
  2. 8 × 20 = ?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 160
    20 is 2 tens. So 8 × 20 is 8 × 2 = 16 tens, which is 160.
  3. 3 × 70 = ?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 210
    70 is 7 tens. So 3 × 70 is 3 × 7 = 21 tens, which is 210.

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Times tens (3rd grade)

  1. 5 × 10 = ?
  2. 2 × 10 = ?
  3. 4 × 10 = ?
  4. 5 × 10 = ?
  5. 8 × 20 = ?
  6. 8 × 20 = ?
  7. 4 × 40 = ?
  8. 3 × 40 = ?
  9. 4 × 40 = ?
  10. 5 × 20 = ?
  11. 4 × 70 = ?
  12. 3 × 50 = ?

Answer key

  1. 50
  2. 20
  3. 40
  4. 50
  5. 160
  6. 160
  7. 160
  8. 120
  9. 160
  10. 100
  11. 280
  12. 150

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