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Multiplication Facts - Review 0-4 Printable Game

Monkey Multiplication cuts into sixty playing pieces — forty-nine multiplication facts from the 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 families plus eleven move-and-swap action cards — backed by a sixty-problem mastery quiz.
Grades
Grades 3–5, Elementary
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Updated Feb 21, 2024

Subject
Math, Multiplication and Division, Division
Topic
printable game, math game
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Multiplication Math Masters is a one-page printable game for practicing 0-4 multiplication facts. Educators can use this engaging resource during center time, small group lessons, or as a take-home assignment. The activity allows students to review their recall of basic multiplication facts in a low-prep format that’s easy to print and implement. Kids will enjoy playing as they improve their fluency. Multiplication Math Masters can be differentiated to meet each learner's needs. This teacher-created resource includes: - A mastery quiz with an answer key - Printable game in color and black and white The game targets 3rd-5th grade, aligning to standards on multiplication fluency. Educators teaching basic math skills will appreciate having this supplemental activity.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recall products for the 1, 2, 3 and 4 times tables from ×1 up to ×12

  • Recognise that any factor multiplied by zero gives zero, across the ten zero problems on the quiz

  • Take turns applying an instruction card — moving forward, moving backward, losing a turn or swapping places — during play

  • Complete sixty facts against a single score out of sixty as a self-measured mastery check

Teaching tips

  • Cutting is the whole of the prep: one sheet yields sixty pieces, so run it on card stock and cut once for the year.

  • The eleven action cards can be dealt out or shuffled through the fact cards depending on how much swing you want in the game — four of them move a player forward or backward two spaces.

  • Give the quiz before and after a run of games; the printed Score ___ / 60 line makes the two attempts directly comparable.

  • The quiz reaches ×10, ×11 and ×12 while the fact cards stop at 4 × 12, so students meeting twelves for the first time will want the game before the quiz.

Skills covered

  • Multiplication fact recall — forty-nine playing pieces carry facts from the 1s, 2s, 3s and 4s up to twelve, plus 0 × 12.

  • Multiplying by zero — the quiz packs ten problems with a zero factor, from 12 × 0 to 3 × 0, where the product is always zero.

  • Turn-based game play — students act on eleven instruction cards, moving forward one or two spaces, moving backward, losing a turn or switching places with an opponent.

  • Self-checked mastery — sixty problems scored out of sixty on one page give a single number students can track between attempts.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

What do the sixty cut-out pieces consist of?

Forty-nine of them are multiplication facts — 0 × 12 and then every fact from 1 × 1 up to 4 × 12. The other eleven are instruction cards: Move Forward 1, Move Forward 2, Move Backward 1, Move Backward 2, Lose a Turn and Switch Places with Opponent.

Do the game pieces and the quiz cover the same facts?

They overlap but are not identical. Both draw on the 0 through 4 families, and both reach ×12 — the quiz opens with 12 × 0 and includes 11 × 4 and 12 × 4. The pieces sheet holds each fact once, while the quiz mixes sixty of them into six rows of ten.

How is the pieces sheet repeated in the file?

It appears twice, at pages 4 and 7, worded identically, each preceded by two full-page game illustrations. Printing one copy per pair of players is enough for a game.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Multiplication facts

  • Times tables 0-4

  • Fact fluency

  • Math game

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