Long Multiplication worksheet, Year 6 maths

Long Multiplication: Year 6 maths

Develop multi-digit written multiplication using standard columnar methods. Worksheets progress from two-digit by two-digit integers to multi-digit and decimal calculations.

What this covers

Long Multiplication is taught in Year 6 (age 10 to 11, KS2) as a topic to introduce. It sits in the Number strand.

Worked example

Calculate 34 × 26

Multiply 34 by 6: 34 × 6 = 204
Multiply 34 by 20: 34 × 20 = 680
Add the partial products: 204 + 680 = 884

Answer: 884

Difficulty scale

The sheet generator offers five difficulty settings for this topic.

2-digit by 2-digit numbers with no regrouping required
2-digit by 2-digit numbers with regrouping required
3-digit by 2-digit numbers
4-digit by 2-digit numbers
Multi-digit by 3-digit numbers or calculations involving 1 decimal place

Common mistakes

Forgetting the placeholder zero in the second row when multiplying by the tens digit
Adding carried digits before multiplying instead of after

Curriculum links

Indicative matches to National Curriculum for England. Check wording and codes against the official document.

Multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication.

Sample sheet and answers

Six questions at the level's usual difficulty. Open the editor to change, add or regenerate any of them.

Long Multiplication

Year 6 maths

Qs: 6
Marks: 24

NameDateScore / 24

489 × 50 =

[4]

680 × 35 =

[4]

845 × 92 =

[4]

375 × 57 =

[4]

317 × 19 =

[4]

965 × 36 =

[4]

Answer key

24 450Split 50: 489 × 50 = 24 450, and 489 × 0 = 0; Add: 24 450
23 800Split 35: 680 × 30 = 20 400, and 680 × 5 = 3400; Add: 23 800
77 740Split 92: 845 × 90 = 76 050, and 845 × 2 = 1690; Add: 77 740
21 375Split 57: 375 × 50 = 18 750, and 375 × 7 = 2625; Add: 21 375
6023Split 19: 317 × 10 = 3170, and 317 × 9 = 2853; Add: 6023
34 740Split 36: 965 × 30 = 28 950, and 965 × 6 = 5790; Add: 34 740