Grade 1 Multiplication Worksheets – 40-Page Workbook + Video

About this resource

What's inside this resource

A 40-page "Beginning Multiplication" workbook walks first-time learners from repeated addition to the multiplication sign, building specifically toward the 2, 5, and 10 times tables named in its own introduction. Early pages have students add repeated groups of counters, dots, or pictures and only gradually replace the phrase "lots of" with the times sign "X", before moving into skip-counting practice, times-table mazes and matching games, and speed-fill answer grids for each of the three tables. A companion one-page "KS1 multiplication mat," included in the same download, supplies a fully worked reference chart of the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 times tables through x12 for students to check their own work against. The zipped download also bundles a separate instructional video that the workbook's introduction references for teaching the times sign.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Add a repeated group of the same number ("lots of") to find a total, connecting repeated addition to multiplication
Translate between the phrase "3 lots of 5" and the multiplication sentence "3 X 5"
Skip-count fluently in 2s, 5s, and 10s, both forward and backward (to 24, 60, and 120 respectively)
Recall multiplication facts for the 2, 5, and 10 times tables from memory, including in mixed/randomized speed-drill format

Teaching tips

Skip the introductory teaching-notes page if you already know how to teach multiplication, since the author explicitly says experienced teachers "can miss out this page"
Build skip-counting fluency in 2s, 5s, and 10s before introducing the "X" sign, since the workbook is sequenced to teach that fluency first and only later replaces "lots of" with the multiplication symbol
Use the companion one-page multiplication mat (covering 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 times tables) as a self-check reference during the workbook's speed-drill pages, since the workbook itself includes no answer key
Watch the bundled instructional video before teaching the times-sign transition, since the workbook's introduction points to it as the tested method for introducing "X" to pupils

Skills covered

Repeated addition — students model equal groups as the same addend used multiple times.
Multiplication notation — picture sets connect “lots of” language to multiplication sentences.
Skip counting — activities practice counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s forward and backward.
Fact application — worksheets and word problems use the 2, 5, and 10 times tables.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Does the 40-page workbook teach the full 1-12 times tables, or only specific ones?

Only the 2, 5, and 10 times tables are taught step by step through the workbook's worksheets. The separate one-page reference mat additionally lists the 3s and 4s tables for reference, but those two aren't built up with their own worksheets.