These 4 digit by 1 digit multiplication worksheets are generated rather than scanned, which means you can print a different sheet every day of the week without paying for a subscription or running out of practice. A typical problem from the sheet in front of you is 6,268 × 3, which works out to 18,804; another is 9,894 × 9, giving 89,046.
‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.
The place-value zero in the second row is where most multi-digit errors live. Children who write it deliberately, rather than as a remembered squiggle, make far fewer mistakes.
Written multiplication is where the times tables get cashed in. In a problem like 6,268 × 3, the layout is simple and the arithmetic is not — every partial product depends on a fact being recalled instantly, and the answer 18,804 is only as reliable as the weakest of them.
Estimating before calculating changes the error rate more than any other single habit. Rounding the numbers in 9,894 × 9 first gives a range that 89,046 must fall inside.
Every sheet is regenerated, so the child practises the method rather than a particular set of partial products.
These 4 digit by 1 digit multiplication worksheets are commonly aligned with the multi-digit multiplication expectations for this grade, and the skill appears in most curricula somewhere around this point.
| # | Problem | Answer | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6,268 × 3 = | 18,804 | Watch for: carrying into the wrong column |
| 2 | 9,894 × 9 = | 89,046 | Check: adding the carry before multiplying |
| 3 | 8,131 × 3 = | 24,393 | Look at: forgetting to add the partial products |
| 4 | 7,089 × 5 = | 35,445 | Ask about: omitting the place-holding zero |
| 5 | 6,410 × 3 = | 19,230 | Watch for: not estimating |
| 6 | 3,578 × 9 = | 32,202 | Check: a shaky fact inside a correct method |
Try 8,131 × 3 together before letting the child start alone. The answer to 8,131 × 3 is 24,393, and talking through how it was reached takes about a minute and saves several minutes of guessing later in the sheet.
The item 9,894 × 9 is worth doing slowly. The answer to 9,894 × 9 is 89,046, and the route to it is the route every other problem on this sheet takes — which is why the sheet has 20 of them rather than one.
Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.
Every generated sheet carries its own key on a separate printed page, which lets a child self-mark without seeing the answers while they work.
Printing works the same on US Letter and A4, because the layout uses relative widths rather than fixed inches. Set margins to default and scaling to 100%, and all 20 problems fit.
If the problems look cramped, drop the count from 20 to a smaller number before printing these 4 digit by 1 digit multiplication worksheets; the font stays the same size and the spacing opens up.
One sheet of 4 digit by 1 digit multiplication worksheets a day for two weeks will tell you more about where a child working at this level actually stands than any single long assessment.
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Last updated: 2026-09-13