3 Times Table — Worksheet
Thirty problems, one number: the 3 times table worksheet for children aged 7-9, starting at 1 × 3 and mixing every fact with 3 up to 3 × 10 and 10 × 3.
2 A4 pages · for home and classroom use
Labugen
3 times table
set no. 7003
- 1.1 × 3 =
- 2.3 × 6 =
- 3.10 × 3 =
- 4.3 × 4 =
- 5.3 × 3 =
- 6.3 × 5 =
- 7.5 × 3 =
- 8.2 × 3 =
- 9.3 × 2 =
- 10.3 × 7 =
- 11.3 × 9 =
- 12.9 × 3 =
- 13.4 × 3 =
- 14.6 × 3 =
- 15.3 × 8 =
- 16.7 × 3 =
- 17.3 × 10 =
- 18.8 × 3 =
- 19.3 × 1 =
- 20.4 × 3 =
- 21.6 × 3 =
- 22.3 × 4 =
- 23.10 × 3 =
- 24.8 × 3 =
- 25.3 × 5 =
- 26.3 × 6 =
- 27.3 × 10 =
- 28.9 × 3 =
- 29.3 × 7 =
- 30.5 × 3 =
How to use this worksheet
- Count by threes together to 30 (3, 6, 9... 30) before starting, then put the list away.
- Solve problems 1 to 19, which include each fact with 3 exactly once, in shuffled order.
- Problems 20 to 30 repeat eleven facts; try to answer them faster than the first time.
- Check with the answer page and circle the facts that took longest, often 3 × 7 and 3 × 8.
What this worksheet teaches
The 3 times table is harder than the 2s, 5s and 10s because its answers do not end in a simple pattern of zeros and fives. This page gives each fact at least once, many twice, in an order that cannot be continued from the problem above. Both orders appear, 3 × 6 and 6 × 3, which halves the number of facts to remember.
A pattern hidden in the answers
Write the answers 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30 and look at the last digits: 3, 6, 9, 2, 5, 8, 1, 4, 7, 0. Every digit appears exactly once. Another check: the digits of each answer add up to 3, 6 or 9 (for example 2 + 7 = 9 for 27). A useful route for hard facts is "double plus one more group": 3 × 7 is 2 × 7 = 14, plus 7, which is 21.