Equal groups
Helps when multiplication is new: it shows what the two numbers mean.
Step 1Make 1 group with 3 in each group. That is 1 rows of 3.
Step 2One group of 3 is 3.
Step 3So 1 × 3 = 3.
Step 1 of 3
Grade 2 Multiplication Timed Drill
Grade 2 multiplication timed drill sheet: 60 problems on equal groups, multiplying by 2, 3, 5 and 10, doubling numbers to 12.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Start the timer, then solve as many problems as you can. Write your time in the box when you finish.
TIMED DRILLTime: ______ min ______ secScore: ______ / 60
- 1.1 × 3 =
- 2.10 × 10 =
- 3.Double 4 =
- 4.1 × 5 =
- 5.7 × 5 =
- 6.Double 6 =
- 7.1 × 4 =
- 8.5 × 3 =
- 9.Double 7 =
- 10.2 × 4 =
- 11.6 × 10 =
- 12.Double 5 =
- 13.5 × 5 =
- 14.9 × 2 =
- 15.Double 1 =
- 16.5 × 4 =
- 17.5 × 2 =
- 18.Double 11 =
- 19.4 × 5 =
- 20.10 × 2 =
- 21.Double 8 =
- 22.4 × 2 =
- 23.4 × 3 =
- 24.Double 2 =
- 25.3 × 2 =
- 26.2 × 3 =
- 27.Double 12 =
- 28.4 × 4 =
- 29.8 × 3 =
- 30.Double 9 =
- 31.5 × 1 =
- 32.5 × 10 =
- 33.Double 10 =
- 34.2 × 1 =
- 35.10 × 3 =
- 36.Double 3 =
- 37.2 × 5 =
- 38.6 × 3 =
- 39.3 × 5 =
- 40.4 × 1 =
- 41.7 × 2 =
- 42.1 × 2 =
- 43.1 × 1 =
- 44.6 × 5 =
- 45.3 × 3 =
- 46.3 × 1 =
- 47.7 × 3 =
- 48.2 × 2 =
- 49.3 × 4 =
- 50.9 × 10 =
- 51.9 × 3 =
- 52.4 × 10 =
- 53.8 × 5 =
- 54.10 × 5 =
- 55.8 × 2 =
- 56.2 × 10 =
- 57.9 × 5 =
- 58.1 × 10 =
- 59.3 × 10 =
- 60.6 × 2 =
Other ways to solve this
Using 1 × 3 from this sheet (Set A, problem 1). Each method below reaches the same answer, 3, by a different route; pick the one that makes the most sense to you.
Skip counting
Helps with the times tables: say the multiples in order and stop at the right one.
Step 1Count by 3s, 1 time.
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Step 2The 1st number you say is 3.
Step 3So 1 × 3 = 3.
Step 1 of 3
What this worksheet covers
Set A of this grade 2 timed drill sheet holds 60 multiplication problems on one printable page, with the answer key on the page behind it. Within that, the numbers run as high as 12. Two problems from the middle of the page — "Double 8" and "7 × 2" — show the range. Common Core 2.OA.4 is the slot this page fills.
Skills practiced
At grade 2, multiplication is about equal groups, arrays as repeated addition, and skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, and this sheet takes one slice of that. What a student is asked to do here is equal groups, multiplying by 2, 3, 5 and 10, and doubling numbers to 12. Concretely, the sheet tests whether a student can recall the multiplication facts quickly and accurately, without counting up to them. 28 different answers appear across the 60 problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
About the timed drill format
With 60 short problems such as problem 21, "Double 8" and a timer box, this page measures recall rather than method — write the time down, and aim to beat it on Set B. The times tables are the one set of facts that must be automatic, and a timed page is how you find out whether they are.
Set A, Set B and Set C
The three sets come from the same generator with three different seeds: same skill, same layout, fresh numbers, and an answer key computed with the problems. Where Set A's problem 31 is "5 × 1", Set B's is "1 × 4".
How to use this worksheet
Grade 2 attention runs short, so split these 60 multiplication problems over two or three sittings rather than pushing through in one; a number line or counters within reach is a strategy, not a failure. Date the timed drill before filing it. Set C from six weeks later is the cheapest evidence you have that the multiplication stuck.
The full guide to teaching multiplicationTeaching multiplication from equal groups to integer exponents: the grade 2–8 progression, times-table strategies, and the errors that stall students.Other grade 2 multiplication formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 2 Arrays and Equal Addends, 16 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 2 Multiplication Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — 2.OA.4 — Rectangular Arrays & Equal Addends Practice, 22 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 2 Multiplication Word Problems, 8 problems
- Vertical Format — Grade 2 Multiplication Vertical Format, 20 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- 3.OA.1 — Interpreting Products of Whole Numbers — grade 3, 20 problems
Timed Drill sheets in other grade 2 topics
Free to download, print and photocopy for a whole class: three timed drill sheets of grade 2 multiplication, 60 problems each, keys included.