Which problems can I make?

2, 3 or 4 digits times 1 digit, and 2 or 3 digits times 2 digits.

Is there room for the working?

Yes. Problems with a two-digit bottom number have two lines for the partial products, then a line for the total.

What does the answer key show?

The final product, and for two-digit multipliers both partial products, so you can see where a mistake happened.

Why are there no zeros or ones in the bottom number?

Multiplying by 0 or 1 skips the real work, so every digit of the bottom number is 2 to 9.

Long Multiplication Worksheets: 2-Digit to 3-Digit by 2-Digit, With Answer Keys

Step by step

2 digits by 1. Multiply the ones, carry, then multiply the tens.
3 and 4 digits by 1. The same steps across more columns.
2 digits by 2. Two partial products, one for the ones and one for the tens, then add them.
3 digits by 2. Bigger numbers, the same method.

Times tables first

Long multiplication goes smoothly once the facts are automatic. If they are not yet, practise with the times tables worksheets alongside.

In the New Zealand Curriculum

Year 4Quick recall of the 2 to 10 times tables.
Year 5Multiplying 3- and 4-digit numbers by a single digit and two 2-digit numbers together, and learning the 11 and 12 times tables.
Year 6Formal written methods with larger numbers, such as 542 × 12.

That puts most of this maker in Year 5: 2, 3 or 4 digits by 1 digit, and 2 digits by 2 digits. The 3-digit by 2-digit option matches the Year 6 example and suits confident Year 5s or Year 6 classes.

Rounding and estimating to check answers runs through the curriculum from Year 3. Ask ākonga to write a rough answer beside each problem first, so a misplaced partial product shows up straight away.

Summarised in our own words from the New Zealand Curriculum: Mathematics and Statistics, Years 0–8 (in effect from 2025), and the Ministry of Education’s year-by-year guide for parents and whānau.