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.

NCF and NCERT links

Class 2The NCF-FS (C-8.7) has children solving multiplication problems up to 99 by repeated adding.
Class 3NIPUN Bharat’s Class 3 target includes solving simple multiplication problems.
Classes 3–5Multiplying two- and three-digit numbers in columns is Preparatory Stage work, built on secure tables and place value.

Long multiplication rests on two things: the tables and place value. If a child’s partial products are wrong, check which one is shaky before giving more sheets; the answer key shows each partial product so you can see where the slip happened.

Some teachers ask children to put a zero or a cross in the ones place of the second row before multiplying by the tens digit. Either habit works on these sheets; what matters is that children can say why the second row moves one place to the left.

Summarised in our own words from the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCERT, 2022) and the NIPUN Bharat guidelines (Ministry of Education, 2021).