The three times table
Knowing your three times table really helps with your mental arithmetic, which will be handy in everyday life.
Here is the three times table:
1 x 3 = 3 | 7 x 3 = 21 |
2 x 3 = 6 | 8 x 3 = 24 |
3 x 3 = 9 | 9 x 3 = 27 |
4 x 3 = 12 | 10 x 3 = 30 |
5 x 3 = 15 | 11 x 3 = 33 |
6 x 3 = 18 | 12 x 3 = 36 |
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Watch the video from Supermovers to help you learn the three times table with Professor Pipette.
Example 1
Bertie bought 7 boxes of cupcakes. Each box has 3 cupcakes. How many cupcakes has he bought altogether?
Use the array to help you work this out.
3 lots of 7 (or 7 lots of 3) is 21.
3 x 7 = 21
7 x 3 = 21
Example 2
Take a look at the bar model. How could you work out the missing values?
There are 3 missing values. So 3 x ? = 18.
Use the inverse operation to work out the missing value.
18 梅 3 = ?
Let鈥檚 share 18 counters into three groups to help.
The missing value is 6.
6 x 3 = 18
3 x 6 = 18
Example 3
Compare these two number sentences. Which symbol should be added to the box < , = or > ?*
First, you need to work out what each division or multiplication equals.
36 梅 3 = 12
3 x 4 = 12
They both have the same answer! Therefore you need to use the equal sign.
Did you know that there is an easy test to see whether a number is a multiple of 3 or not?
If you added up all the digits of the number, and the answer is 3, 6 or 9, it is a multiple of 3!
For example, is 324 a multiple of 3?
3 + 2 + 4 = 9
Yes it is!
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