Worksheet + answer key
Multiplication with factors from 1 to 5
A twelve-question multiplication sheet for connecting equal groups, arrays and paired facts.
- 12 questions
- Both factors 1–5
- Products up to 25
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Equal groups and small products
Solve each problem. Write your answer on the line.
- 1.5 × 5 = ____
- 2.2 × 2 = ____
- 3.2 × 3 = ____
- 4.1 × 5 = ____
- 5.2 × 1 = ____
- 6.4 × 2 = ____
- 7.1 × 3 = ____
- 8.1 × 4 = ____
- 9.2 × 2 = ____
- 10.5 × 1 = ____
- 11.5 × 5 = ____
- 12.4 × 4 = ____
Equal groups and small products
Solve each problem. Write your answer on the line.
- 1.5 × 5 = ____
- 2.2 × 2 = ____
- 3.2 × 3 = ____
- 4.1 × 5 = ____
- 5.2 × 1 = ____
- 6.4 × 2 = ____
- 7.1 × 3 = ____
- 8.1 × 4 = ____
- 9.2 × 2 = ____
- 10.5 × 1 = ____
- 11.5 × 5 = ____
- 12.4 × 4 = ____
Equal groups and small products
Keep this page separate from the puzzle.
- 1.5 × 5 = 25
- 2.2 × 2 = 4
- 3.2 × 3 = 6
- 4.1 × 5 = 5
- 5.2 × 1 = 2
- 6.4 × 2 = 8
- 7.1 × 3 = 3
- 8.1 × 4 = 4
- 9.2 × 2 = 4
- 10.5 × 1 = 5
- 11.5 × 5 = 25
- 12.4 × 4 = 16
Read multiplication as equal groups
Both factors on this worksheet are between 1 and 5. The products can be as large as 25, and no zero-factor questions are included. This is not a complete times-table chart: twelve sampled questions cannot cover every pair of factors.
On separate paper, demonstrate 3 × 4 with three groups of four counters or three rows of four dots. Count by groups and then count the total. The same twelve objects can be rearranged as four rows of three, connecting the two multiplication facts.
Leave room to draw an array
The printed answer line is intended for a number, so provide scrap paper when drawing arrays. Let the learner circle a difficult question and return to it after illustrating the groups. Avoid reducing all practice to how quickly facts can be recalled.
If the multiplication sign is unfamiliar, explain that it is not the letter x in a word. Ask the learner to say one question aloud using “groups of.” That checks interpretation before you judge the arithmetic.
Build a focused follow-up
After checking the answer key, select two facts to explain with an array. If a factor of 1 caused confusion, show that one group contains exactly the other factor’s number of objects. If 4 × 5 and 5 × 4 both appear in practice, compare their equal totals.
Keep Easy in the customization tool to preserve factors from 1 to 5. Medium expands both factors to 1–10, while Hard expands them to 1–12. Choose a new arrangement at the existing level before increasing the range just to obtain different questions.
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