Multiplication Grid

Click any cell to highlight its row and column. Use the filters to reveal hidden patterns — square numbers, primes, and more. Print-ready version included.

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Multiples of:
× 123456789101112
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
3 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36
4 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48
5 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
6 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72
7 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56 63 70 77 84
8 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96
9 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81 90 99 108
10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
11 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 110 121 132
12 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144

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What's hiding in the grid?

Square numbers

The diagonal from top-left to bottom-right (1, 4, 9, 16 … 144) are all square numbers — they appear when a number multiplies itself.

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Prime products

Only 5 products in the whole grid are prime: 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11. A prime can only appear when one of its factors is 1 — so it lives in the first row or column.

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Even vs odd

75% of products in the grid are even. Only when both numbers are odd (e.g. 3×5, 7×9) do you get an odd result — just 36 out of 144 cells.

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Mirror symmetry

The grid is perfectly symmetrical along the diagonal — 3×7 = 7×3 = 21. This is the commutative property. You only need to learn half the facts!

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Largest product

12 × 12 = 144 is the largest value in the grid. The smallest non-1 prime factor of every cell can be found using the first row and column.

Bottom-right corner

Multiples of 12

12 has the most factors of any number up to 12 (1,2,3,4,6,12) — which is why we use base-12 for clocks and dozens. Highlight its multiples to see why.

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