Grade 6 Multiplication Timed Drill
Grade 6 multiplication timed drill sheet: 60 problems on multiplication facts to 12 × 12, perfect squares to 15².
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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.
- 1.7 × 12 =
- 2.11² =
- 3.6 × 9 =
- 4.4² =
- 5.4 × 3 =
- 6.13² =
- 7.11 × 11 =
- 8.15² =
- 9.10 × 4 =
- 10.7² =
- 11.6 × 6 =
- 12.2² =
- 13.8 × 8 =
- 14.14² =
- 15.10 × 8 =
- 16.10² =
- 17.12 × 8 =
- 18.3² =
- 19.9 × 10 =
- 20.12² =
- 21.9 × 9 =
- 22.6² =
- 23.10 × 10 =
- 24.5² =
- 25.9 × 7 =
- 26.9² =
- 27.6 × 7 =
- 28.8² =
- 29.6 × 3 =
- 30.11 × 9 =
- 31.9 × 4 =
- 32.5 × 4 =
- 33.10 × 3 =
- 34.7 × 10 =
- 35.5 × 3 =
- 36.9 × 12 =
- 37.12 × 11 =
- 38.7 × 3 =
- 39.8 × 3 =
- 40.4 × 10 =
- 41.5 × 12 =
- 42.11 × 10 =
- 43.6 × 8 =
- 44.7 × 8 =
- 45.5 × 6 =
- 46.9 × 11 =
- 47.6 × 11 =
- 48.10 × 7 =
- 49.7 × 11 =
- 50.3 × 3 =
- 51.5 × 11 =
- 52.6 × 5 =
- 53.7 × 4 =
- 54.7 × 9 =
- 55.4 × 11 =
- 56.7 × 5 =
- 57.4 × 8 =
- 58.4 × 12 =
- 59.8 × 12 =
- 60.12 × 3 =
What this worksheet covers
Set A of this grade 6 timed drill sheet holds 60 multiplication problems on one printable page, with the answer key on the page behind it. The expressions carry exponents, so the order of operations decides the answer and the numbers run as high as 15. Two problems from the middle of the page — "9 × 9" and "5 × 12" — show the range. It is written against Common Core 3.OA.7 — Operations & Algebraic Thinking, grade 3.
Skills practised
Grade 6 multiplication means multi-digit multiplication, greatest common factor, least common multiple and perfect squares. Specifically, the problems practise multiplication facts to 12 × 12 and perfect squares to 15². Concretely, the sheet tests whether a student can apply the order of operations to powers. 44 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, "9 × 9" 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 "9 × 4", Set B's is "11 × 10".
How to use this worksheet
Expect twenty minutes or so of real attention for 60 problems. At grade 6, multiplication rewards care over speed — a rushed timed drill gets the arithmetic right and the signs or units wrong. Ask the student to re-work one missed multiplication problem from scratch on Set B rather than correcting it in place; the second attempt shows whether the method changed.
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 6 multiplication formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 6 Multiplication Drill, 30 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 6 Multiplication Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 6 Multiplication & GCF/LCM Practice, 10 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 6 Multiplication Word Problems, 10 problems
- Vertical Format — Grade 6 Multiplication Vertical Format, 16 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.
- Grade 5 Multiplication Timed Drill — grade 5, 72 problems
Timed Drill sheets in other grade 6 topics
Free to download, print and photocopy for a whole class: three timed drill sheets of grade 6 multiplication, 60 problems each, keys included.