Today, I’m sharing some Multiplication Games as a 3-part free pack with you. {The free download at the end of this post.}
My oldest is in the third grade now, and we’ve been working through his multiplication tables. I have discovered that I’m a little rusty myself with some of them. LOL.
While we have used some workbooks to practice them, he much prefers games {I do, too}.
So I created some multiplication games for him that have been a huge hit at our house over the last few weeks.
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Multiplication Games for Kids
In these free packs, you’ll find multiplication flashcards for 1-12 times tables, which we used several different ways.
First, we just did a simple matching game, matching questions and products together.
Then, we played memory match with the same cards. When a question was turned over, such as 4×3, we said, “4 times 3 equals 12,” then turned over one more card to see if we had found our match. Go Fish could also be played with the cards. Or let kids make up their own multiplication games!
Update: If you teach learners who struggle to learn those harder multiplication facts, I HIGHLY recommend Times Tales! I’ve been amazed at how my own kids have all learned their facts using the simple visual stories from this product!
Multiplication Roll & Bump!
If you’ve played our Word Bump! games, you’re familiar with the game of Bump! We played it multiplication-style.
Each player has a different color set of markers or some kind of small manipulative. We used transparent counters, but you could use candy pieces or different kinds of dried beans. You also need 2 dice and a game board. Game boards are included for 1-12 times tables, like the one you see above.
Players take turns rolling the two dice, adding the sums, then multiplying it by the number on the top of the game board. For example, if you are using the 4x game board and you rolled 6, you multiply 4×6 and cover the product of 24 with your color manipulative.
If a player rolls, adds, and multiplies and gets the same product, he can “bump” off your manipulative and place his own on the board. The person with the most of their kind of counter when all the products are covered {or after a predetermined about of time} is the winner.
Multiplication Roll & Cover {For Individual Play}
If you don’t want to play with a partner or make it competitive, game boards can be used for individual multiplication play and practice, too!
I set our timer from our Scrabble Boggle game and ALuv’s goal was to roll and cover as many products as he could before the timer ran out. Once the timer ran out, he tried once more to see if he could beat his own record. Setting a timer on your phone or microwave could also be just as effective!
Download these Multiplication Games. Click below:
Multiplication Game Boards
Flashcards 1x-6x
Flashcards 7x-12x
~Becky
I love these! I’ve been using these for my older daughter. Thank you! Do you happen to have addition and subtraction flash cards like these?
Thanks, Lori! I do not at this point, but may work on something like that in the future. 🙂
I’m having a hard time printing out the flashcards – none of the numbers are printing, only the borders! Not sure what I can do to fix it. Can you please help? Thanks!
Try right clicking on the download link and saving to your computer that way. Sometimes that helps.
My Norwegian students love these Cards too! 🙂 But in case you didn`t know, there`s a typing error in the 5x Cards: instead of 5×4 and 5×5, it says 4×4 and 4×5 🙂
Thanks, I’ll put it on my “to do” list. 🙂
Thank you for sharing these. They exactly what I was looking for for my daughter.
You’re welcome. 🙂
Is there an updated version of the 5 times table flash cards as the document I downloaded is missing 5 x 4 and 5×5
It’s fixed now. Thanks for reminding me to do this!
So glad to hear you can use it with your learners!
Thank you so much. This is what I really need. Your acitivity program is very useful to children and me.
Thank you Becky for all your hard work and unexhausting power to create more and more helpful resources:))))) They are great and follow me all the way through my elementary classes:))) Thank you!!!!! I am sending you a song if I may, It’s been an inspiration for me lately, just like you:)))) Linking Park One more light!!!! Bless:)))))
Thank you so much for these games!! I needed something fun for my two youngest! You saved me hours of work! God bless you!
Thank you- my third grader and I are using the roll and cover to improve her fluency. We also chose two different pages, set the timer and for each roll, she had to cover the product on her sheet and tell me the product I should cover on mine.
For my child with dysgraphia who doesn’t do rote memorization very well, this is an excellent alternative to the teacher’s request to write the current times table three times each every day. Thank you for taking away some of the struggle with these fun monster practices!