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Free 3rd Grade Multiplication Worksheets (2-digit × 1-digit)

Every sheet of 3rd grade multiplication 2 digit by 1 digit worksheets on this page is built the moment you open it, so the 20 problems below are not the same ones the last visitor printed, and the answer key is generated with them. A typical problem from the sheet in front of you is 79 × 6, which works out to 474; another is 47 × 3, giving 141.

📄 3RD GRADE MULTIPLICATION 2 DIGIT BY 1 DIGIT WORKSHEETS — A NEW SHEET EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
🎲 New set of problems

‘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.

What is on the sheet

This sheet uses a two-digit number times a one-digit number, which is large enough to need the full written method and small enough to check by estimation, as the item 71 × 6 on this sheet shows.

If a child can do the layout but keeps getting the arithmetic wrong, the problem is table fluency rather than multiplication, and the times table pages linked below fix that faster than more lines like 71 × 6 will.

Estimating before calculating changes the error rate more than any other single habit. Rounding the numbers in 47 × 3 first gives a range that 141 must fall inside.

Every sheet is regenerated, so the child practises the method rather than a particular set of partial products.

These 3rd grade multiplication 2 digit by 1 digit worksheets are commonly aligned with the multi-digit multiplication expectations for this grade, and the skill appears in most curricula somewhere around this point.

Examples taken from this worksheet

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (a two-digit number times a one-digit number).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
179 × 6 =474Watch for: adding the carry before multiplying
247 × 3 =141Check: a shaky fact inside a correct method
321 × 7 =147Look at: not estimating
427 × 3 =81Ask about: forgetting to add the partial products
571 × 6 =426Watch for: carrying into the wrong column
668 × 2 =136Check: omitting the place-holding zero

Start with one worked example

The item 47 × 3 is worth doing slowly. The answer to 47 × 3 is 141, 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.

A good first problem to do together is 79 × 6, which comes out at 474. Do 79 × 6 once with the child narrating, then hand over the pencil and start the clock on the other 20 problems.

Three mistakes we see most often

A 10-minute routine that works

  1. Run the sheet at the same time each day. Ten focused minutes before dinner beats an hour on Sunday, because multiplication is a recall skill: 79 × 6 has to arrive without being worked out, and recall is built by frequency.
  2. Mark it together straight away while the working is still fresh, so a slip like the one behind 21 × 7 can be talked through instead of guessed at.
  3. Read the first two problems out loud together before starting the clock. It costs fifteen seconds and removes most of the 'I did not understand the question' errors.
  4. If two days in a row come out under 10 minutes with everything correct, that is the signal to move up: either numbers bigger than 79 × 6 uses, or the next skill in the sequence.
  5. Re-print the same skill rather than the same sheet. Because the numbers change, a child who memorised that 79 × 6 gives 474 still has to actually calculate tomorrow.

About the answer key

The answer key is generated with the worksheet, not written by hand, so it always matches the sheet in front of you — 79 × 6 is listed as 474, 47 × 3 as 141, and so on down the page.

The key prints on its own page by default. Uncheck the answer-key box before printing if you would rather keep it back and mark the sheet yourself.

Printing on US Letter or A4

The sheet is laid out to fit one page on both US Letter and A4. Leave the browser scaling at 100% and turn headers and footers off, and the 20 problems land inside the margins on either paper size.

If the problems look cramped, drop the count from 20 to a smaller number before printing these 3rd grade multiplication 2 digit by 1 digit worksheets; the font stays the same size and the spacing opens up.

Frequently asked questions

How many different sheets can I make?
As many as you want. The numbers are randomised each time, so printing five sheets in a row gives five different sets of 20 problems on the same skill.
How many multiplication problems a day is sensible?
Ten to twenty for written multiplication. It is slower per problem than fact practice, so 10 minutes gets you fewer items and that is fine.
Should they learn the grid method or the column method?
Whichever the school uses, and then the column method eventually, because it is the one that scales. Switching methods mid-topic is what causes confusion, not the choice itself.
Is the answer key included?
Yes, on its own page behind the worksheet. For the sheet loaded right now it shows 474 for 79 × 6 and 141 for 47 × 3.

Keep the finished 3rd grade multiplication 2 digit by 1 digit worksheets in date order — the drop in time across ten sheets is the clearest progress report you will get.

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Free printable math worksheets from a working math academy director in Korea. Problems come from our own code, not from a published workbook. Every sheet prints on US Letter or A4 with its answer key. All worksheets · Worksheet generator · Korean site
Last updated: 2026-09-13