3 Times Table
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3 Times Table: example questions & answers
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What is 3 × 4?
- A9
- B10
- C12✓
- D15
Answer: 3 × 4 = 12. Think of 4 groups of 3: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12. Or use your 2 times table: 2 × 4 = 8, and add another 4 to get 12.
What is 3 × 6?
- A15
- B18✓
- C21
- D24
Answer: 3 × 6 = 18. Think of 3 groups of 6: 6 + 6 + 6 = 18.
What is 3 × 9?
- A18
- B21
- C24
- D27✓
Answer: 3 × 9 = 27. This is a tricky one! Remember: 3 × 9 = 3 × (10 - 1) = 30 - 3 = 27.
If you have 3 bags with 5 marbles in each, how many marbles do you have?
- A15✓
- B18
- C20
- D21
Answer: 3 × 5 = 15. You have 3 bags, each with 5 marbles, so 5 + 5 + 5 = 15 marbles in total.
What is 3 × 7?
- A21✓
- B24
- C27
- D28
Answer: 3 × 7 = 21. Think of 7 groups of 3: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 21.
What is 3 × 11?
- A22
- B27
- C30
- D33✓
Answer: 3 × 11 = 33. The digit 3 is written twice: 33!
What is 3 × 12?
- A36✓
- B39
- C42
- D48
Answer: 3 × 12 = 36. Remember: 3 × 10 = 30, and 3 × 2 = 6, so 30 + 6 = 36.
? × 3 = 24
- A6
- B7
- C8✓
- D10
Answer: ? × 3 = 24 means 3 × 8 = 24, so the missing number is 8.
What is 3 × 8?
- A18
- B21
- C24✓
- D27
Answer: 3 × 8 = 24. Think of 3 groups of 8: 8 + 8 + 8 = 24.
What is 3 × 10?
- A30✓
- B33
- C36
- D40
Answer: 3 × 10 = 30. Any number times 10 just adds a 0 at the end.
What is 3 × 3?
- A9✓
- B12
- C15
- D18
Answer: 3 × 3 = 9. Think of a 3 by 3 square with 9 blocks inside.
? × 3 = 15
- A5✓
- B6
- C7
- D8
Answer: ? × 3 = 15 means 3 × 5 = 15, so the missing number is 5.
What is 3 × 2?
- A6✓
- B8
- C9
- D12
Answer: 3 × 2 = 6. Think of 3 pairs of shoes = 6 shoes total (since each pair has 2 shoes).
? × 3 = 18
- A3
- B4
- C5
- D6✓
Answer: 6 × 3 = 18. What number times 3 gives 18? It's 6.
? × 3 = 21
- A4
- B6
- C7✓
- D8
Answer: ? × 3 = 21 means 3 × 7 = 21, so the missing number is 7.
What is 3 × 1?
- A1
- B3✓
- C6
- D9
Answer: 3 × 1 = 3. Any number times 1 is always that number.
? × 3 = 6
- A2✓
- B3
- C4
- D5
Answer: 2 × 3 = 6. What number times 3 equals 6? The answer is 2.
? × 3 = 12
- A1
- B2
- C3
- D4✓
Answer: 4 × 3 = 12. What number times 3 equals 12? The answer is 4.
Lucy has 3 bags of apples. Each bag has 4 apples. How many apples does she have?
- A12✓
- B14
- C15
- D18
Answer: 3 × 4 = 12. Three bags of 4 apples = 12 apples.
A bakery puts 3 biscuits in each box. How many biscuits are in 9 boxes?
- A27✓
- B30
- C33
- D36
Answer: 3 × 9 = 27. Nine boxes with 3 biscuits each = 27 biscuits.
A shop sells pens in packs of 3. If someone buys 12 packs, how many pens do they get?
- A32
- B36✓
- C39
- D40
Answer: 3 × 12 = 36. Twelve packs of 3 pens each = 36 pens.