Multiplication chart 1–12, colour
The full 12 × 12 grid. Every times table is one colour and one jungle animal keeps it; the square numbers run down the diagonal in white boxes. A4 and US Letter.
Download PDFMultiplication chart 1–12 and 1–10: free printable PDF
A free multiplication chart to print, as a PDF in two sizes: 1 to 12 and 1 to 10. Each comes in colour, in an ink-saving black-and-white version and as a blank grid to fill in, on A4 and US Letter. Every times table is one colour and one jungle animal keeps it, so a child finds "the 7s" at a glance. The square numbers run down the diagonal. No sign-up, free for home and for the classroom.
Multiplication chart 1–12, ink-saving
The same grid in black and white for any printer: grey header cells, thin lines, the square numbers framed. Prints cleanly from a school copier.
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Blank multiplication chart 1–12
The empty 12 × 12 grid with only the headers filled in. For a timed fill-in, for one table at a time, or for checking what is secure.
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Multiplication chart 1–10, colour
The 10 × 10 grid for Years 2 and 3, bigger cells, the same colours and animals. This is the chart most primary classrooms use first.
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Multiplication chart 1–10, ink-saving
Black and white, bigger cells, for the copier.
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Blank multiplication chart 1–10
The empty 10 × 10 grid to fill in.
Download PDFFree for home and the classroom. Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0, so feel free to print, copy and pass it on, just don't sell it. If you share the sheet online, please link to this page. CC BY-NC 4.0
One table at a time? Every table has its own page with the facts, tricks and a worksheet: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. In Year 4 in England, the Multiplication Tables Check practice sheets test all of them in the format of the check.
How to read a multiplication chart
- Find the first number of the fact in the coloured column on the left. For 7 × 8 that is the purple 7 row.
- Follow that row across to the column headed by the second number, the 8. The cell where they meet says 56.
- It works the other way round too: the 8 row and the 7 column meet at 56 as well. Every fact appears twice, so a child only has to learn half the chart.
- The white boxes on the diagonal are the square numbers: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 144. They are the spine of the chart and worth learning first.
Four things to notice on the chart
The 2s, 5s and 10s come first
2 × 6 = 125 × 6 = 3010 × 6 = 60They have the easiest patterns, so children learn them in Year 2. Cover the rest of the chart and let your child read just those three rows.
The 4s are the 2s doubled, the 8s the 4s
2 × 7 = 144 × 7 = 288 × 7 = 56Put a finger on the 2 row and the 4 row: every number in the 4 row is twice the one above. The same from 4 to 8, and from 3 to 6.
The 9s add up to 9
18273645In the 9 row the digits of every answer up to 9 × 10 add up to 9, and the tens digit is one less than the number you multiplied by.
Only 6 facts are really hard
6 × 76 × 87 × 87 × 98 × 96 × 9Once the 2s, 5s, 10s, squares and the doubling rows are secure, the facts children still get wrong cluster in the 6, 7, 8 and 9 rows. Circle them on the chart and practise those six.
Which chart for which year
The 1–10 chart matches what most countries teach in Years 2 and 3 (the 1 to 10 tables, the game Number Jungle stops there too). The 1–12 chart is the one for England, where the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check asks the 2 to 12 tables, and for the US, where charts to 12 are the norm. The blank chart is a good weekly check: filling in the 1–10 grid takes a fluent child three to four minutes.
More free worksheets
- Christmas colour by number: the maths Christmas tree
- Printable maths Advent calendar
- Addition to 10
- Addition and subtraction to 10
- Bridging through 10: addition
- Bridging through 10: subtraction
- Addition and subtraction to 20
- Addition and subtraction to 100
- Multiplication Tables Check: free practice sheets
Rather practise with a game?
In Number Jungle your child runs through the jungle and dashes through the gate with the right answer. The same problems, matched to their school year, with no ads and offline. Free for Android, iPhone and iPad.
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Which chart should I print, 1–10 or 1–12?
For a child in Year 2 or 3 (Grade 2), the 1–10 chart: it has bigger cells and only the tables they are learning. From Year 4 (Grade 3) print the 1–12 chart, which is what the Multiplication Tables Check in England and most US classrooms expect.
Is the chart free to use in school?
Yes. All the PDFs are CC BY-NC 4.0: print, copy and hand them out as much as you like. Only selling them is not allowed. If you put the chart online, link to this page.
How do I print it?
Open the PDF and print at 100 % on A4, or use the US Letter version for Letter paper. The ink-saving version is black and white for school copiers. The colour chart also prints well at A3 for the wall.
What is the difference between a multiplication chart and a times table?
A times table lists one table in a column: 7 × 1 = 7, 7 × 2 = 14 and so on. A multiplication chart (also called a multiplication grid or multiplication square) shows all the tables at once as a grid, so you can look any fact up and see the patterns between the tables.
Why does each table have an animal?
The twelve animals are the jungle animals from Number Jungle, the free maths game by the same maker. A child remembers "the toucan's table" more easily than "the 7s", and the animal in the row is a landmark when looking a fact up.
How do I use the blank chart?
Three ways: fill in one table a day along its row; fill in the whole grid against the clock once a week and compare the times; or fill in only the square numbers on the diagonal first, then build the rest from them.