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Third grade is the big multiplication year. These free games make times tables and division facts fun to practice, then go further: multiplying with the area model, 3-digit adding and subtracting, fractions with banana bread, and two-step story problems with groups and sharing.
Multiplication and division facts up to 10 × 10.
Play ▶Pop the right answer before the timer runs out.
Play ▶3-digit adding and subtracting, one column at a time.
Play ▶Break a number into tens and ones to multiply it — the area model.
Play ▶Slice banana bread to show, name and compare fractions.
Play ▶Two-step story problems with groups and sharing.
Play ▶🎪 Eight more ways to practice the same facts: Vine Swing, Ice Cream Tower, Present Surprise, Ski Lift, Penalty Kicks, Sing-Along, Planet Hop and Crown Jewels.
These games line up with these Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
Most standards expect third graders to know all products of two one-digit numbers from memory by the end of the year. A few minutes of daily practice, like the quick-fact games here, makes a big difference.
It splits a multiplication into smaller boxes by place value — 23 × 4 becomes 20 × 4 and 3 × 4 — and then adds the boxes. It shows why multiplication works and leads into long multiplication later.