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Grades 4-5•Printable worksheet + answer key•CC0 license

Multi-digit multiplication practice

A printable lesson for multiplying two-digit numbers.

Students use partial products or the standard algorithm to multiply multi-digit numbers.

Print-ready worksheet with answer key and quick teaching tips.

Grades 4-50 problems10 minAnswer key included
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Misconception-proof

Highlights common mistakes and how to fix them quickly.

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Quick overview

This free multi-digit multiplication worksheet for grades 4-5 builds confidence with 2-digit by 2-digit products.

Lesson plan snapshot

15-20 min
  • Warm-up (3 min): review multiplication facts.
  • Model (5 min): solve the worked example together.
  • Guided practice (5 min): complete problems 1-4 as a group.
  • Independent practice (7 min): finish the remaining problems.

Materials: place value chart, pencil

Learning targets

  • Multiply two-digit numbers using partial products.
  • Align place values when adding partial products.
  • Check multiplication with estimation.

Step-by-step approach

  1. 1Multiply the ones digit of the bottom number.
  2. 2Multiply the tens digit and shift one place to the left.
  3. 3Add the partial products.
  4. 4Estimate to check if the answer is reasonable.

Common mistakes

Mistake

Forgetting to shift the tens row.

Try instead

Place a zero or start in the tens column.

Mistake

Adding partial products incorrectly.

Try instead

Line up place values before adding.

Mistake

Skipping estimation.

Try instead

Round to the nearest ten to check the size.

Worked example

Guided
34 × 12 = ?
  1. Multiply ones: 34 × 2 = 68.
  2. Multiply tens: 34 × 10 = 340.
  3. Add partial products: 68 + 340 = 408.
Answer: 408

Related resources

Multiplication

Arrays and equal groups for multiplication fluency.

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Place value

Understand tens and hundreds for alignment.

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Division

Inverse operations and fact families.

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Practice problems

10 problems • 15 min

Printable worksheet
  1. 1
    Solve: 21×1721 \times 17
  2. 2
    Solve: 72×9272 \times 92
  3. 3
    Solve: 70×770 \times 7
  4. 4
    Solve: 483×29483 \times 29
  5. 5
    Solve: 52×4252 \times 42
  6. 6
    Solve: 12×1312 \times 13
  7. 7
    Solve: 700×2700 \times 2
  8. 8
    Solve: 90×790 \times 7
  9. 9
    Solve: 676×7676 \times 7
  10. 10
    Solve: 60×960 \times 9

Answer key

10 answers
  1. 11) 357
  2. 22) 6624
  3. 33) 490
  4. 44) 14007
  5. 55) 2184
  6. 66) 156
  7. 77) 1400
  8. 88) 630
  9. 99) 4732
  10. 1010) 540

Teacher tips

  • TUse area models before switching to the standard algorithm.
  • THave students estimate before calculating.
  • TEmphasize place value alignment when adding.

Parent tips

  • PLet your child explain the partial products aloud.
  • PPractice quick facts to reduce computation errors.
  • PEstimate together before multiplying.

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