Grade 4 multiplication drill sheet: 30 problems on two-digit by one-digit multiplication, two-digit by two-digit multiplication.
Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Solve each problem. Show your work in the space provided.
Using 80 × 4 from this sheet (Set A, problem 1). Each method below reaches the same answer, 320, by a different route; pick the one that makes the most sense to you.
Helps you catch place-value slips: round, estimate, then check that the exact answer is close.
Step 1Round each number to its first digit: 80 stays 80; 4 stays 4.
Step 2Estimate: 80 × 4 = 320.
Step 3Now work it out exactly: 80 × 4 = 320.
Step 4Compare: the exact answer matches the estimate of 320.
Set A of this grade 4 drill sheet holds 30 multiplication problems on one printable page, with the answer key on the page behind it. What makes this set particular: the numbers run as high as 98. Two problems from the middle of the page — "71 × 5" and "35 × 8" — show the range. It is written against Common Core 4.NBT.5 — Number & Operations in Base Ten, grade 4.
At grade 4, multiplication is about two- and three-digit by one-digit products and two-digit by two-digit multiplication, and this sheet takes one slice of that. Specifically, the problems practice two-digit by one-digit multiplication and two-digit by two-digit multiplication. Working the page asks a student to recall the multiplication facts quickly and accurately, without counting up to them. 29 different answers appear across the 30 problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
This drill runs 30 problems in a steady layout, so the eye never has to hunt for the next one; problem 11, "71 × 5" shows the level it holds. 30 untimed products let a student practice the algorithm while accuracy, not speed, is the target.
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 16 is "87 × 69", Set B's is "70 × 49".
By grade 4 a student should take all 30 multiplication problems in one sitting. If the page takes more than about fifteen minutes, the underlying facts are probably not automatic yet, and that is worth fixing before more multiplication practice piles on. Keep the key face down until all 30 problems are finished, then go through the misses together rather than only totaling the score.
One mistake to watch for
The carried digit in long multiplication is added before multiplying instead of after. Problem 24 on this grade 4 drill page, "37 × 48", is where to look for it.
The order of the two steps in each column has not been made explicit.
Say the two steps aloud for a few problems: multiply first, then add what was carried.
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
Free to download, print and photocopy for a whole class: three drill sheets of grade 4 multiplication, 30 problems each, keys included.
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