3rd Grade Multiplying by Zero Worksheet: 18 Column Facts to Solve

Multiplication counts groups. 7 × 0 means 7 groups with nothing in each. Seven empty plates hold no cookies.

The common slip is to copy the other number, as if × 0 were + 0. Ask: "Are you adding zero, or making groups of zero?"

Zero groups work the same way. Zero bags of 9 apples still hold nothing at all, so 0 × 9 = 0 too.

The key writes two-digit answers as 00, one zero under each digit. A single 0 is the usual way to write the result. Both mean zero.

Item b, 0 × 0, often surprises children. The rule still holds.

Call out numbers, big and small: 5, 300, a million. Your child answers "times zero is zero" as fast as possible.

Then flip it: 0 × 6. The order changes nothing.

This is quick mental math, so it builds confidence. Afterwards, the times tables to 10 feel lighter, because every fact with a 0 is already done.