3 times table

One table, one page: 3 × 1 to 3 × 10 big enough for the fridge, the multiples of 3 lit up on a hundred chart, and a practice page with the answers taken away.

Ages 7–9 · 2 pages

How to use it

Page one goes on the fridge, page two goes into a punched pocket with a dry-wipe pen. Read the poster together a few times first: the coloured band and the lit squares on the chart give the same ten answers twice, so a child sees the 3s as a path through the hundred as well as a list. Then hand over page two — the same ten facts in a scrambled order, with the multiples missing from the chart and from the counting row.

The 3s have a check built in: add up the digits of the answer and you get 3, 6 or 9 — 27 gives 2 + 7 = 9, 24 gives 6. And 3 times anything is double it plus one more: 3 × 8 is 16 and 8.

Every page in this pack

  1. 3 times table poster: 3 × 1 to 3 × 10 in coloured bands, beside a 1–100 chart with the multiples of 3 highlighted.

    Poster

  2. 3 times table practice page: the ten facts in mixed order with empty answer boxes, the multiples missing from the chart and the counting row.

    Practice

Printing notes

  • Print at 100%, not "fit to page" — scaling shrinks the digits and the whole point is that your child writes them at a steady size.
  • Black-and-white and draft mode are fine. Nothing on these sheets depends on colour.
  • Slide a sheet into a punched pocket and a dry-wipe pen turns one page into a hundred goes.

Where this sheet fits

The thinking behind it

How to Memorize Times Tables (The Calm Way That Sticks)Read the full guide