3 times table

The 3 times table is what you get when you skip-count by 3s: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36. Each answer is 3 more than the one before.

3 Times Table

  • 3 × 1 = 3
  • 3 × 2 = 6
  • 3 × 3 = 9
  • 3 × 4 = 12
  • 3 × 5 = 15
  • 3 × 6 = 18
  • 3 × 7 = 21
  • 3 × 8 = 24
  • 3 × 9 = 27
  • 3 × 10 = 30
  • 3 × 11 = 33
  • 3 × 12 = 36

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What we worked out for the 3s

  • Facts still to learn: if a child already knows the tables below 3 and the 10s, the 3 times table up to 3 × 12 has only 9 new facts: 3 × 3, 3 × 4, 3 × 5, 3 × 6, 3 × 7, 3 × 8, 3 × 9, 3 × 11 and 3 × 12. The rest are facts from the earlier tables in reverse order (3 × 2 is 2 × 3) or from the 10s.
  • England's multiplication tables check: the 25-question test in Year 4 has 1 to 3 questions from the 3 times table. The five tables the framework rates hardest (6, 7, 8, 9 and 12) get 2 to 4 each.
  • A one-page sheet: the table above prints on one page of US Letter or A4. Choose a complete table, a version with the answers left blank in order, or a shuffled version with its own answer key. You can also add the division facts.

On September 25, 2026, the top five Google results for "3 times table" (US) were Timestables.com, DoodleLearning, Cuemath, a Teachers Pay Teachers search page and BBC Bitesize. We read the four with readable text (a Teachers Pay Teachers search page had none). They list the table and give tips, and some add games or printable charts. None says how many questions in England's check come from the 3s, and none counts the facts still left to learn.

Patterns in the 3 times table

  • Add the digits of any answer from 3 × 1 to 3 × 12 and you get 3, 6 or 9, in that order, over and over: 12 gives 1 + 2 = 3, 15 gives 6, 18 gives 9, 21 gives 3 again.
  • The ones digits of 3 × 1 to 3 × 10 are 3, 6, 9, 2, 5, 8, 1, 4, 7, 0: every digit appears exactly once.
  • The answers alternate between odd and even: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15.
The 3 times table on a 12 × 12 chart
Row times column123456789101112
1123456789101112
224681012141618202224
3369121518212427303336
44812162024283236404448
551015202530354045505560
661218243036424854606672
771421283542495663707784
881624324048566472808896
9918273645546372819099108
10102030405060708090100110120
11112233445566778899110121132
121224364860728496108120132144
Row 3 and column 3 hold the same answers: 3 × 7 and 7 × 3 are both 21. You can print the multiplication chart with the 3s shaded.

A memory trick: double it, then add one more group

To multiply a number by 3, double it and then add the number once more. 3 × 7: double 7 is 14, and 14 + 7 = 21.

Mix-ups to watch for

These wrong answers are easy to give because each one is a real answer from a nearby fact, or looks like one.

  • 3 × 8 = 26? No. The slip: 26 falls between 24 and 27, so it sounds about right, but it is not part of counting by 3s. Check: 2 + 6 = 8, and every answer from 3 × 1 through 3 × 12 has a digit sum of 3, 6 or 9. 3 × 8 = 24 (2 + 4 = 6).
  • 3 × 6 = 16? No. The slip: 16 is a familiar number (4 × 4), so it comes to mind first. Check: 1 + 6 = 7, so 16 is not in the 3 times table. 3 × 6 = 18.

The 3 times table and division

The digit-sum rule is also a division test: a number is divisible by 3 when its digits add up to a multiple of 3. 27 is divisible by 3 because 2 + 7 = 9, and 27 ÷ 3 = 9 because 3 × 9 = 27.

A multiplication fact with two different numbers gives two division facts: because 3 × 7 = 21, 21 ÷ 3 = 7 and 21 ÷ 7 = 3. Here are the twelve division facts for dividing by 3:

To print them, choose Division (or Both, side by side) under Facts in the sheet above. The division chart shows every divisor from 1 to 12.

Practice: 12 questions on the 3s

  1. 3 × 7 = blank
  2. 3 × 12 = blank
  3. 3 × 4 = blank
  4. 3 × 8 = blank
  5. 3 × blank = 15
  6. 3 × blank = 6
  7. 3 × blank = 9
  8. 27 ÷ 3 = blank
  9. 33 ÷ 3 = blank
  10. 18 ÷ 3 = blank
  11. A tricycle has 3 wheels. How many wheels do 8 tricycles have?
  12. Pens are sold in packs of 3. How many packs make 27 pens?
Show the answer key
  1. 21
  2. 36
  3. 12
  4. 24
  5. 5
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 9
  9. 11
  10. 6
  11. 24
  12. 9

For a full printable sheet, set Version to Answers blank, shuffled in the sheet above. Each shuffle has a sheet number and prints with its own answer key. To mix the 3s with other tables, use the times tables worksheet generator.

When children learn the 3s

  • United States: Common Core 3.OA.C.7 expects that by the end of Grade 3 children "know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers", which covers 3 × 1 to 3 × 9. 3 × 10, 3 × 11 and 3 × 12 go beyond the standard.
  • England: the 3s belong to Year 3, when the national curriculum says pupils should "recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables". By the end of Year 4, pupils should know all the tables up to 12 × 12.
  • The multiplication tables check (Year 4, June) counts a question as part of the table named first: "the first number in the question will denote the multiplication table the question is part of, for example, 4 × 12 would be considered part of the 4 multiplication table."

By Rai Ansar · Updated September 25, 2026 · Charts are calculated by this site's generator and checked by automated tests. How pages are made

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Last checked September 25, 2026.