3 Times Tables Worksheet Pages, From Counting in 3s to 3 × 25

Count in 3s first and recall second; every press of Make a new sheet brings different problems.

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40 problems. 3 times table shuffled. Sheet 305IC8, with its answer key.

Multiplication: 3 times table

Name Date Score / 40

1.3 × 8 =
2.3 × 6 =
3.3 × 9 =
4.3 × 12 =
5.3 × 3 =
6.3 × 7 =
7.3 × 5 =
8.10 × 3 =
9.3 × 2 =
10.4 × 3 =
11.1 × 3 =
12.3 × 11 =
13.3 × 12 =
14.4 × 3 =
15.3 × 11 =
16.9 × 3 =
17.8 × 3 =
18.3 × 10 =
19.1 × 3 =
20.2 × 3 =
21.6 × 3 =
22.3 × 7 =
23.3 × 5 =
24.3 × 3 =
25.3 × 4 =
26.3 × 11 =
27.3 × 10 =
28.8 × 3 =
29.3 × 6 =
30.3 × 12 =
31.3 × 7 =
32.3 × 1 =
33.5 × 3 =
34.9 × 3 =
35.3 × 2 =
36.3 × 3 =
37.3 × 9 =
38.3 × 7 =
39.3 × 11 =
40.3 × 10 =

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Answer key. Multiplication: 3 times table

1.3 × 8 = 24
2.3 × 6 = 18
3.3 × 9 = 27
4.3 × 12 = 36
5.3 × 3 = 9
6.3 × 7 = 21
7.3 × 5 = 15
8.10 × 3 = 30
9.3 × 2 = 6
10.4 × 3 = 12
11.1 × 3 = 3
12.3 × 11 = 33
13.3 × 12 = 36
14.4 × 3 = 12
15.3 × 11 = 33
16.9 × 3 = 27
17.8 × 3 = 24
18.3 × 10 = 30
19.1 × 3 = 3
20.2 × 3 = 6
21.6 × 3 = 18
22.3 × 7 = 21
23.3 × 5 = 15
24.3 × 3 = 9
25.3 × 4 = 12
26.3 × 11 = 33
27.3 × 10 = 30
28.8 × 3 = 24
29.3 × 6 = 18
30.3 × 12 = 36
31.3 × 7 = 21
32.3 × 1 = 3
33.5 × 3 = 15
34.9 × 3 = 27
35.3 × 2 = 6
36.3 × 3 = 9
37.3 × 9 = 27
38.3 × 7 = 21
39.3 × 11 = 33
40.3 × 10 = 30

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Next step Keep the 3 times table chart nearby

How it works

This page makes a 3 times tables worksheet, and Make a new sheet swaps in different problems. It begins with 3 × 1 to 3 × 12 shuffled, 40 lines. Sheet type has counting in 3s, thirds and division by 3.

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Where the 3s sit in the school year

England's pupils count in 3s in Year 2 and learn the table in Year 3, beside the 4s and 8s. The 2, 5 and 10 tables come first, so 3 × 2, 3 × 5 and 3 × 10 arrive as turnarounds. With the 1s known as well, that leaves 8 new facts: 3 times 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12.

Which 3 multiplication worksheet to start with

Start with Count in 3s: 15, 18, 21, __, since a pupil who can say the run can count to any fact. Follow it with 3 times table shuffled, which rewards recall. Odd or even first: 3 × 7 is odd teaches a quick check, and Divide by 3 closes the unit.

Odd or even first: 3 × 7 is odd catches 24 for 3 × 7, as odd times odd is odd.
3 × 1 to 3 × 10 all end in different digits. If 3 × 8 returns 27, ask whose 7 that is.

Questions and answers

Is there a test for numbers in the 3 times table?

Add the digits. If the total is a multiple of 3, so is the number. 57 gives 5 + 7 = 12, so it is in, and 3 × 19 = 57. 58 gives 13: out. It works past the chart too: 3 × 25 = 75, and 7 + 5 = 12.

How does the 3 times table lead to thirds?

England's guidance links counting in 3s to the idea of a third. Finding a third is dividing by 3: a third of 24 is 8, because 3 × 8 = 24. Divide by 3 drills the facts, and Thirds: one third of 27 puts them in words.

What is the trick for the 3 times table?

Double the number, then add it once more: for 3 × 8, double 8 is 16, and 16 + 8 = 24. It works because 3 of anything is 2 of it and one more, so a pupil who knows the 2s is one addition from the 3s.

All 15 sheet types

The 3 times table 4

3 times table in order The 13 facts from 3 × 0 up to 3 × 12 in order, the 3 first on every line, so each answer is 3 more than the one above. Then 12 of the facts come back shuffled, 25 lines in all. With 13 problems the sheet ends where the run does.
3 times table shuffled 40 problems from 3 × 1 to 3 × 12 in mixed order. The 3 is printed first in some problems and second in others. All 12 facts are asked 3 times and 4 of them once more. The page opens on this sheet.
3 times table up to 3 × 10 Stops at 3 × 10 = 30, for a class that has not met 3 × 11 and 3 × 12 yet. 40 problems, so every fact from 3 × 1 to 3 × 10 is asked 4 times.
One-minute drill on the 3s 30 shuffled facts from 3 × 1 to 3 × 12 under the line Set a timer for 1 minute and see how far you get, with a score out of 30 at the top. Run it on 3 days in a row and let pupils compare their own 3 scores, not each other's.

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Ways into the 3s 2

Count in 3s: 15, 18, 21, __ 10 rows of 8 numbers with the first 3 printed, such as 15, 18, 21. Some rows count on and some count back, and the line above the rows says so. Every number is a multiple of 3 below 100, so rows that pass 36 show where the table goes next.
Odd or even first: 3 × 7 is odd Pupils write odd or even on a long line before they multiply, then work the fact to check. 3 times an odd number is odd and 3 times an even number is even, so down the table the answers take turns: 3, 6, 9, 12 go odd, even, odd, even.

Missing numbers, division and thirds 4

Divide by 3 40 division facts from 3 ÷ 3 up to 36 ÷ 3, shuffled. Each one is a 3s fact read backward: 27 ÷ 3 = 9 because 9 × 3 = 27. Print it once the multiplication sheet comes back mostly right.
Fact families with 3: 3, 9 and 27 Three numbers in a box, such as 3, 9 and 27, with four blank lines under them for 3 × 9 = 27, 9 × 3 = 27, 27 ÷ 3 = 9 and 27 ÷ 9 = 3. 8 boxes to a sheet. 3, 3 and 9 is never asked, because a square has only two facts.
Missing factor: 3 × __ = 21 A finished fact with a hole in it: 3 × __ = 21, then 3 × __ = 27. The 3 always shows, so the pupil has to ask how many 3s make 21, which is the question a division sign asks.
Thirds: one third of 27 Finding one third is dividing by 3, so every line is a 3s fact in words: One third of 27 is __. The 12 numbers run from 3 to 36 and each is a multiple of 3, so every third is a whole number. England's curriculum guidance ties counting in 3s to the later idea of a third.

Mixed with other tables 3

2s and 3s mixed The two tables together in 40 problems. 6, 12, 18 and 24 turn up in both: 12 is 2 × 6 and also 3 × 4. A pupil who adds 2 where 3 is needed shows up on this sheet.
3s and 4s mixed England teaches these two tables in the same year, Year 3, along with the 8s. 12, 24 and 36 sit in both: 3 × 8 = 24 and 4 × 6 = 24, 3 × 12 = 36 and 4 × 9 = 36.
3s, 6s and 9s mixed Three tables from one family: a 6s answer is a 3s answer doubled, and a 9s answer is a 3s answer tripled. 3 × 7 = 21, 6 × 7 = 42 and 9 × 7 = 63. Keep it for a class that has met all three.

Past 3 × 12 2

3 × 13 to 3 × 25 The table carried past 12 by splitting the other number into tens and ones: 3 × 13 = 3 × (10 + 3), then 30 + 9, then 39. 12 problems, up to 3 × 25 = 75. The digit check still holds out here: 7 + 5 = 12.
3 × tens: 3 × 40 = 120 3 × 20 up to 3 × 90. Each line pulls the ten out and multiplies by it last: 3 × 40 = 3 × (4 × 10) = (3 × 4) × 10 = 12 × 10 = 120. From 3 × 40 on, every answer has 3 digits.

How this list was compiled: Sheet types, wording and worked examples are own work, and the tool works out every answer. Counting in steps of 3 in Year 2, the note that it supports the later idea of a third, and the 3 times table in Year 3 with the 4s and 8s come from the national curriculum in England, mathematics programmes of study (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study), checked 2026-09-19. Licence: own work