Find out which multiplication facts your students really know, for free.

This free screener checks every fact from 2 × 2 to 12 × 12, sorted into four parts by strategy. Print it or give it online, timed or untimed, and you'll know exactly where each student's practice should start.

Sound familiar?

Your class can rattle off the 2s and the 10s. Then a word problem needs 7 × 8, and half the room starts skip counting on their fingers. A regular fact test gives you a score, but it doesn't tell you which facts each student is missing, or where to begin.

This screener does. Every fact lands in the first part whose strategy can solve it, so 7 × 2 is in Part 1 and 7 × 8 waits for Part 4. When a student gets stuck, you'll see exactly which part to practice first.

Doubles & Tens

× 2 and × 10

Double it, and think in tens.

Fives & Elevens

× 5 and × 11

Half of ten groups, and ten groups plus one more.

Threes & Fours

× 3 and × 4

Double plus one group, and double, then double again.

Tricky Facts

× 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12

Build each one from the 2s, 5s, and 10s.

Print it or give it online

Every student takes the same four parts. You decide whether to use a timer, so it works for your class and your school's testing policy.

Untimed

Students write the facts they know and circle the facts they had to figure out. No clock and no countdown. You'll see which facts are automatic and which ones students still solve with a strategy. Takes 8 to 10 minutes.

Timed

Each part has a time limit. Students solve as many facts as they can and skip the ones they don't know. You'll see which facts they recall quickly. About 6 minutes of work time for all four parts.

Online

Share one link with your class. Students type their first name, answer each fact, and see which part to practice first. Nothing they type is saved.

What's in the free screener

Everything you need to give it, score it, and plan what comes next.

Four student pages

One page for each part, with every fact from 2 × 2 to 12 × 12 tested once.

Know It or Solve It?

A student page that teaches kids the difference between knowing a fact and figuring it out.

Teacher guide

How to give it timed or untimed, how to score it, and a worked example of reading the results.

Answer key

One key that works for both the timed and untimed options.

Student Fact Map

Shade every fact green, yellow, or pink to see each student's whole picture on one page.

Class pages

A Class Snapshot, a Practice Group Planner, and a My Fact Goals page for students.

How it works

Pick timed or untimed

Show students the Know It or Solve It? page. Then decide whether to use a timer. The pages are the same either way.

Give all four parts

Students write the facts they know, circle the ones they figure out, and skip the rest. Score each part with the answer key.

Find the Start Here part

It's the first part below the goal. Students with the same Start Here part make a ready-made small group.

Circles are not wrong.

Students circle every fact they had to figure out. Those circles show you which facts are close to automatic, so you can tell the difference between a student who needs practice and a student who needs a new strategy.

Hi, I'm Ashley!

I'm a classroom teacher who has taught 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, and the creator of Teaching with Glitter and Gold.

I built Face the Facts so students practice the facts they actually need, in an order where each strategy builds on the one before it. This screener is the first step, and I want you to have it for free.

Get the free screener

Four student pages, a teacher guide, an answer key, and class pages. Print it or give it online today, and know where every student stands tomorrow.

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