Multiplication facts · sheet 1 of 30
Answer key
The answer, and what a wrong answer means.
| # | Problem | Answer | If they wrote… |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 × 4 | 20 | 9 adding instead of multiplying |
| 2 | 4 × 2 | 8 | 6 adding instead of multiplying |
| 3 | 9 × 8 | 72 | 17 adding instead of multiplying |
| 4 | 5 × 3 | 15 | 8 adding instead of multiplying |
| 5 | 6 × 7 | 42 | 13 adding instead of multiplying |
| 6 | 3 × 5 | 15 | 8 adding instead of multiplying |
| 7 | 2 × 3 | 6 | 5 adding instead of multiplying |
| 8 | 7 × 4 | 28 | 11 adding instead of multiplying |
| 9 | 9 × 3 | 27 | 12 adding instead of multiplying |
| 10 | 2 × 4 | 8 | 6 adding instead of multiplying |
| 11 | 5 × 5 | 25 | 10 adding instead of multiplying |
| 12 | 9 × 4 | 36 | 13 adding instead of multiplying |
| 13 | 8 × 6 | 48 | 14 adding instead of multiplying |
| 14 | 6 × 4 | 24 | 10 adding instead of multiplying |
| 15 | 7 × 2 | 14 | 9 adding instead of multiplying |
| 16 | 7 × 3 | 21 | 10 adding instead of multiplying |
| 17 | 9 × 9 | 81 | 18 adding instead of multiplying |
| 18 | 6 × 8 | 48 | 14 adding instead of multiplying |
| 19 | 8 × 8 | 64 | 16 adding instead of multiplying |
| 20 | 4 × 4 | 16 | 8 adding instead of multiplying |
Reading the wrong answers
One wrong answer is a slip. The same pattern on three or more problems is a rule your child is following, and it has a name and a fix. Problems marked "no pattern to catch" are the plain ones; a child who gets only those right is telling you something too.