Multiplication Chart

How to use the chart

Every number in the grid is its own button. Click a single cell and it gets a colored highlight, with the equation appearing in the line above the grid, for example "7 × 8 = 56". Click a row or column number instead of a single cell and the entire times table for that number gets highlighted at once, which is the quickest way to see, say, every multiple of 7 up to your chosen size in one glance.

The six colors above the grid work like a set of highlighter pens. Pick a color, click a few cells or a couple of rows, switch to a second color, and click a few more: both sets stay lit at once, so you can compare two different multiplication tables side by side on the same grid instead of screenshotting one and starting over for the next. The eraser button switches your click into removing highlights instead of adding them; pick a color again afterward to keep painting. Clear resets every highlight on the chart in one click, no matter which color or the eraser is currently selected.

Picking a size

The size buttons switch the grid between 10×10, 12×12, 15×15, and 20×20 without reloading the page. A 10×10 or 12×12 chart covers what most elementary school curricula actually teach and prints comfortably on a single sheet of paper. A 15×15 or 20×20 chart is useful once a student is comfortable with the basics and wants to see how the same patterns (skip counting, the diagonal of square numbers, the symmetry across that diagonal) keep holding as the numbers get bigger, or for anyone who just wants a bigger reference table to keep at a desk.

Practice mode: quiz yourself before you print

Turn on Practice mode above the grid and every number disappears, leaving just the row and column headers. Try to work out a product in your head, then click the matching cell to check yourself: that one cell reveals its number, and the equation line above the grid confirms it in words. Click it again to hide it and move on. Clicking a row or column number instead reveals (or hides) the whole times table for that number at once, which is a faster way to check an entire table you've just tried to recite from memory.

Practice mode is also the fastest way to get a genuinely blank chart: turn it on, pick your size, and press Print. The printed page shows the grid lines and the row/column numbers with the products left empty, ready to be filled in by hand, the same idea behind a printable blank multiplication worksheet, except you choose the exact size on the spot instead of downloading a separate file for each variant.

None of your painted highlights or Practice mode progress is saved between visits; see our privacy page if you'd like the details on how the chart handles data.

Printing a filled or blank chart

The Print / Save as PDF button opens your browser's normal print dialog with the chart formatted for paper: the toolbar and the rest of the page are hidden, and only the grid (plus a small footer) appears. It prints exactly what's on screen at that moment, so turn Practice mode off first for a fully labeled reference chart, or leave it on for a blank practice sheet. On a phone or tablet, the print dialog's "Save as PDF" option produces a PDF file with no extra app needed. See the printable chart page for a version of this same tool that starts in blank mode, aimed specifically at printing worksheets.

Patterns worth noticing

A multiplication chart is more useful for spotting patterns than it looks at first glance, and the paint feature above makes several of them easy to see directly instead of just reading about them:

• The diagonal. Highlight the cells where the row number equals the column number (1×1, 2×2, 3×3, and so on) and you get the square numbers: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25. They form a straight line from the top-left corner to the bottom-right.
• Symmetry. Pick any cell, say row 4, column 9, and its mirror image at row 9, column 4 always has the same product (36 in this case). That's the commutative property of multiplication in visual form: the whole chart is symmetric around the diagonal.
• The 2, 4, and 8 times tables. Highlight the 2 times table with one color, and every value is even. The 4 times table is every other value in that same set; the 8 times table is every fourth one. Each is a doubling of the one before it.
• The 5 and 10 times tables. Every product in the 5 times table ends in 0 or 5. Every product in the 10 times table ends in 0. Both are easy to verify at a glance once they're highlighted.
• The 9 times table. The digits of each product (up to 9×10) add up to 9: 18 (1+8), 27 (2+7), 36 (3+6), and so on. Highlighting the row makes this pattern jump out immediately.

Tips for memorizing times tables

A chart is a reference and a practice tool, not a substitute for actually learning the facts, and a few habits make memorizing them faster:

1. Start with the easy ones. The 1, 2, 5, and 10 times tables follow simple, visible rules (see the patterns above), so they're usually already familiar before formal practice even starts. Confirm them on the chart, then move on.
2. Use the diagonal to cut the workload in half. Because of the symmetry described above, learning 6×8 also means already knowing 8×6. Once one direction is solid, the other one comes for free.
3. Isolate the genuinely hard facts. For most learners, that's a small cluster: 6×7, 6×8, 7×8, 7×9, 8×9, roughly. Highlight just those cells in one color and drill them specifically instead of re-practicing the whole table every time.
4. Switch to Practice mode regularly. Recognizing a correct answer on a filled chart is a much easier task than recalling it from a blank one; regular self-testing with the numbers hidden is what actually builds recall.
5. Time yourself occasionally. Once a table feels solid, try reciting it out loud in under 10 seconds, then use the chart in Practice mode to check every answer at once by clicking through the row.

Multiplication chart vs. times table: same idea, two names

"Multiplication chart" and "times table" usually mean the same thing in everyday use: a grid or list showing the product of two numbers. A times table most often refers to one row on its own, like "the 7 times table" (7×1 through 7×12), written out as a list. A multiplication chart usually means the full grid combining every times table at once, which is what the tool above shows. See the times tables page for every individual table from 1 to 12 written out in full, list style, alongside the grid version here.