Times Tables Cross-Number Puzzles: 30 differentiated puzzles + answers (KS2)

Instant PDF download, A4, print at home. Printable KS1/KS2 resource for UK primary classrooms and home learning, from Top Bins Learning.

What is inside

• 30 cross-number puzzles, 10 at each level, plus a how-to-play page.
• One star, Easier: the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
• Two stars, Core: the 3, 4 and 8 times tables.
• Three stars, Challenge: the 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 times tables.
• Clues are written as multiplications (7 x 6, 7 lots of 6, 7 times 6). Some answers use a table fact with a multiple of 10 (for example 8 x 40).
• Crossing digits let pupils check their own answers.
• Full answer key, teacher notes, contents page.

Year groups and use

Lower and upper KS2 (Years 3 to 5), and Year 2 for the Easier level. Starter, table-fact practice, homework or early finishers.

Checked

Every clue is calculated independently by a program and compared with the answer in the grid, and every crossing digit agrees. No answer is repeated within a puzzle (the Easier level allows at most two repeats).

Supports practice of multiplication fact recall; it does not replace teaching and is not a Multiplication Tables Check practice.

Format: one PDF, A4 portrait, 42 pages in total (31 pupil pages including how-to or list pages, the rest are cover, teacher notes, contents and the answer key). Printable PDF, A4, print and go. Black and white pupil pages that print cleanly on a home or school printer.

Licence: for personal or single-classroom use; no resale or sharing.