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These free Christmas colour by number multiplication and division sheets give children aged 8 to 10 a set of 12 Christmas pictures to reveal square by square: multiply and divide, then colour each square to match the key. Every sheet is a Word document with an answer page, on US Letter and A4, ready to print. Every template is human-made by a teacher: I’m Patrick Elliott, a teacher and Inclusion Lead, and I designed and built each one myself in Microsoft Word, then printed them to check they line up and fill the page as they should.

In this guide, you’ll find what is in the set, how colour by number works, and how to use the sheets with a class or at home.

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What’s in the Christmas Colour by Number

Paper	What you get	Best for
US Letter	12 pictures, multiply and divide, each with an answer page (US wording: color), in color	Ages 8 to 10
A4	12 pictures, multiply and divide, each with an answer page (UK wording: colour), in colour	Ages 8 to 10

👉 The grid and the colour key are Word tables, so you can change any number or swap a colour in seconds.

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What Is Colour by Number?

Colour by number is a picture hidden in a grid. Every square holds a number or a sum, and the key at the top gives one colour for each answer. Children work out each square and colour it, and the picture appears as they go, so the maths checks itself: a wrong answer shows up as a square that does not fit the picture.

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What Is in the Set?

• 12 Christmas pictures: a Christmas tree, a present, a gingerbread house, a Santa hat, a stocking, a candy cane, a reindeer, a star, a snowman, a bell, a wreath and a gingerbread man.
• Multiplication and division: times tables up to 10 by 10 and division facts with answers up to 9, with many different facts for each colour.
• Big squares: a 12 by 14 grid that fills the page, so small hands can colour inside the lines.
• An answer page for every picture: the finished picture with the same key, for marking or self-checking.
• US and UK wording: the US Letter files say color, and the A4 files say colour.
• Works on any printer: each colour is named under its swatch in the key, so the sheets work in black and white too.

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How to Use the Colour by Number Sheets

1. Read the key together: each answer has its own colour.
2. Work out each multiplication or division, then colour the square to match.
3. Colour one answer at a time, or work across the rows, whichever suits the child.
4. Check with the answer page; a square that does not fit is a fact to practise again.

Division facts are the related multiplication facts in reverse, so 56 ÷ 7 is the 7 times table. Encourage children to say the related times-table fact out loud while they work.

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How to Print at the Right Size

1. Open the template in Word and press Ctrl + P (Cmd + P on a Mac).
2. Choose the paper size in the file name: A4 for UK and Australian sheets, US Letter for US sheets.
3. Set scaling to 100% or Actual size, not Fit to page.
4. Print one sheet and measure a row with a ruler before you print a class set.

Every sheet keeps a 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) margin on all sides, so nothing is cut off on home inkjets, school laser printers or older printers with a wide edge.

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Conclusion

These Christmas colour by number sheets turn multiply and divide practice into a picture children want to finish, made by a teacher and ready to print from Word.

Choose your paper size above, download the ZIP, and for more practice try the multiplication worksheets.

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Related Tutorials

• Free Multiplication Worksheets for Word
• Free Christmas Colour by Number for Word: Numbers 1 to 10
• Free Christmas Colour by Number for Word: Addition and Subtraction