Year 4 Represent counting in threes and sixes as the 3 and 6 times tables worksheet

“Counting in threes” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 maths unit “Represent counting in threes and sixes as the 3 and 6 times tables”, for children aged 8 to 9, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 10 of the year, 5 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Counting in threes

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can count in threes and say the 3 times table facts, using factor, product and multiple correctly.

A Look back3 min

1.
5 × 2 =
2.
Count in twos: 2, 4, 6,
3.
4 bags have 5 sweets in each bag. How many sweets altogether?

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola skip-counts in threes from 0. Watch where each jump lands.

Watch me

Start at 0 and jump 3 each time.

Four jumps of 3 land on 12.

So 3 × 4 = 12. 3 and 4 are factors, and 12 is the product.

12 is a multiple of 3.

Now you

1.
Count on in threes: 0, 3, 6, 9,

C Your turn6 min

Each group has 3 dots. Count the dots in threes.

1.
2 groups of 3 make
2.
4 groups of 3 make
3.
6 groups of 3 make
4.
9 groups of 3 make

Say it out loud: What changes in each row, and what stays the same? Which answers are in the 3 times table?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Ria says: “In 3 × 7 = 21, the product is 3.”

1.
Which number is the product in 3 × 7 = 21?

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Which numbers from 1 to 20 are multiples of 3? Write them all.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Counting in threes · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 10

2. 8

3. 20 If your child writes 9, they added 4 and 5. Ask them to count 5 sweets four times instead.

B

1. 12

C

1. 6

2. 12 If your child writes 7, they added 4 and 3. Ask them to count the dots in threes, one group at a time.

3. 18

4. 27 If your child writes 12, they added 9 and 3. Ask them to count 9 groups of 3, saying each group aloud.

D

1. 21 If your child names 3 or 7, they have named a factor. Point to the equals sign and ask which number comes after it. That number, 21, is the product.

E

1. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 If your child misses 15 or 18, ask them to count on in threes from 0 and say each number aloud.

Words to use

Say“Count in threes out loud from 0, then say the 3 times fact you landed on.”

Instead of“Just tell them the answer, or say they should know that one by now.”

After the sheet

Line up 6 socks or pencils in 2 rows of 3, then count them in threes, saying the answer after each group.

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The rest of this unit

4 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Neighbours in the 3 times table(with a plan)
Counting in sixes(with a plan)
Neighbours in sixes(with a plan)
Packs of six(with a plan)

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