# 3 Times Table — Tricks & Examples

## TL;DR

The 3 times table is multiplying 3 by each whole number, giving the multiples of 3 — 3×10=30 and 3×20=60 at the two anchor points. This page lays out the full chart to ×20, the table in words, the digit-sum check, the multiples of 3, solved examples, and practice questions with answers.

## Quick Answer:

- **Result:** 3×1=3 through 3×10=30
- **Notation:** 3×n, read "three times n"
- **Method shown:** Repeated addition, skip-counting, digit-sum check
- **Pattern:** Last digits cycle 3, 6, 9, 2, 5, 8, 1, 4, 7, 0
- **Extended:** continues 3×11=33 … 3×20=60

## Multiplication Table of 3

The full **3 times table** sits in two short blocks: the core facts up to ten, then the extension to twenty.

### Table of 3 up to 10

| Multiplication | Product |
| --- | --- |
| 3×1 | 3 |
| 3×2 | 6 |
| 3×3 | 9 |
| 3×4 | 12 |
| 3×5 | 15 |
| 3×6 | 18 |
| 3×7 | 21 |
| 3×8 | 24 |
| 3×9 | 27 |
| 3×10 | 30 |

### Table of 3 up to 20

| Multiplication | Product |
| --- | --- |
| 3×11 | 33 |
| 3×12 | 36 |
| 3×13 | 39 |
| 3×14 | 42 |
| 3×15 | 45 |
| 3×16 | 48 |
| 3×17 | 51 |
| 3×18 | 54 |
| 3×19 | 57 |
| 3×20 | 60 |

## Table of 3 in Words

Said aloud, the table reads:

- One times 3 is 3
- Two times 3 is 6
- Three times 3 is 9
- Four times 3 is 12
- Five times 3 is 15
- Six times 3 is 18
- Seven times 3 is 21
- Eight times 3 is 24
- Nine times 3 is 27
- Ten times 3 is 30

## What Is The 3 Times Table?

The 3 times table is what you get by multiplying 3 by each whole number, and multiplying by 3 is repeated addition of 3. Writing 3×4 is shorthand for adding 3 four times, and the answer builds one step at a time:

3,;3+3=6,;3+3+3=9,;3+3+3+3=12.

Said another way, 3×4 is "four groups of three" — picture four bags with three marbles each, and you count twelve.

## Multiples of 3

The products in the table are the **multiples of 3**. The first twelve are:

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36.

## How to Learn the 3 Times Table (Patterns, Not Memorizing)

- **The 3s are the 2s plus one more group.**
- **The digits of every product add to a multiple of 3.**
- **Skip-count in threes.**
- **Build any fact from its neighbour.**

The point is not to store ten answers but to understand the patterns that produce them.

## How to Read and Use the 3 Times Table

Read a row left to right: in 3×7, the 3 is the number you are counting in, the 7 is how many groups, and 21 is the total. To learn it, chant the products in order while skip-counting, then test yourself out of order.

## Where the 3 Times Table Appears

Threes show up wherever things come in trios — a triangle has 3 sides, a traffic light has 3 colours.

## Solved Examples

### Example 1

**Find 3×4 using repeated addition.** 3×4=3+3+3+3=12.

### Example 2

**A tricycle has 3 wheels. How many wheels on 8 tricycles?** 3×8=24.

### Example 3

**What is 3×13?** 3×13=39.

### Example 4

**Check whether 42 is in the 3 times table.** Yes, 42=3×14.

### Example 5

**Fill in the missing factor: 3×□=27.** The missing factor is 9.

## Common Mistakes with the 3 Times Table

### Mistake 1: Drifting off the multiples mid-count

### Mistake 2: Confusing 3× with 2×

## Practice Questions

1. 3×5=□
2. 3×7=□
3. 3×11=□
4. Fill in the missing factor: 3×□=18.
5. A stool has 3 legs. How many legs on 6 stools?
6. Use the digit-sum check: is 48 a multiple of 3?
7. 3×15=□
8. Which is larger, 3×9 or 2×12?

**Answers:** 1. 15  · 2. 21  · 3. 33  · 4. 6  · 5. 18 legs  · 6. Yes  · 7. 45  · 8. 3×9 is larger than 2×12.