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Grades 1–5 · printable + timed

2s Multiplication Timed Test

Print it with the answer key on page 2, or run the timer here.

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Multiplication · 2s · 20 problems · 1 minute NameDateScore
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
  16. 16
  17. 17
  18. 18
  19. 19
  20. 20
Answer key · Multiplication · 2s · 20 problems NameDate
  1. 1 11 × 2 22
  2. 2 5 × 2 10
  3. 3 7 × 2 14
  4. 4 2 × 6 12
  5. 5 2 × 8 16
  6. 6 8 × 2 16
  7. 7 2 × 6 12
  8. 8 12 × 2 24
  9. 9 2 × 9 18
  10. 10 2 × 2 4
  11. 11 5 × 2 10
  12. 12 2 × 8 16
  13. 13 2 × 6 12
  14. 14 3 × 2 6
  15. 15 4 × 2 8
  16. 16 0 × 2 0
  17. 17 12 × 2 24
  18. 18 10 × 2 20
  19. 19 2 × 8 16
  20. 20 4 × 2 8
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A timed sheet on 2s

The 2 times table, 2 × 0 through 2 × 12. Every problem on the sheet is drawn from that set and nothing outside it.

Choose 20, 50 or 100 problems and a limit of 1, 2 or 5 minutes, then print the sheet with its answer key on page two, or start the timer and type into the same grid. The problems are drawn again every time the page loads, so a second sheet is not a copy of the first. How the counts and limits work is on its own page, along with what a timed test does and does not measure.

Thirteen rows, with the answers

2s Multiplication: all thirteen facts and their answers.
Problem Answer
2 × 0 0
2 × 1 2
2 × 2 4
2 × 3 6
2 × 4 8
2 × 5 10
2 × 6 12
2 × 7 14
2 × 8 16
2 × 9 18
2 × 10 20
2 × 11 22
2 × 12 24

Where 2s goes wrong

The 2 times table is not really multiplication, it is doubling. A child can answer 6 × 2 with an addition fact they already have, so what this sheet measures is not speed but whether the multiplication sign is being read as “double it”. Every answer is even; an odd answer means the problem was misread rather than miscalculated.

Three that come up

Are all answers in the 2 times table even?
Yes. Every product of 2 is even, so an odd answer means the problem was misread, not miscalculated.
Is doubling the same as multiplying by 2?
Yes, and that is the point of this table. A child who can answer 8 + 8 already has 8 × 2.
What comes after the 2s?
Usually the 10s and 5s, because both have visible patterns, then the 3s and 4s.

What the standards and the critics actually say

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (PDF), page 23 — 3.OA.C.7 “By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.” thecorestandards.org — CCSSI_Math Standards.pdf

NCTM — Procedural Fluency in Mathematics (position statement) “Timed tests do not assess fluency and can negatively affect students, and thus should be avoided.” nctm.org — Procedural Fluency in Mathematics

youcubed — Fluency Without Fear “For about one third of students the onset of timed testing is the beginning of math anxiety.” youcubed.org — Fluency Without Fear