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These free printable periodic table downloads give you 16 Word documents on US Letter and A4, landscape: a full periodic table, a simple periodic table, a periodic table quiz and a blank periodic table, each in colour and in black and white. 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 and measured them to check the sizes on the label.

In this guide, you’ll find which table suits each lesson, how to read an element box, and how to use the quiz and blank tables for revision.

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What’s in the Printable Periodic Table

Country	Row size	Age guide
A4	Periodic Table	All 118 elements with atomic number, symbol, name and mass
A4	Simple Periodic Table	Symbols and names only, for younger students
A4	Periodic Table Quiz	Atomic numbers given: write each symbol
A4	Blank Periodic Table	Empty boxes in the shape of the table
US Letter	Periodic Table	All 118 elements with atomic number, symbol, name and mass
US Letter	Simple Periodic Table	Symbols and names only, for younger students
US Letter	Periodic Table Quiz	Atomic numbers given: write each symbol
US Letter	Blank Periodic Table	Empty boxes in the shape of the table

👉 Every element is a cell in a Word table, so you can highlight elements, blank some out, or make your own quiz before printing.

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How Do You Read the Periodic Table?

Each box shows one element: its atomic number (the number of protons) at the top, its symbol in large letters, its name, and its atomic mass at the bottom. Elements are in order of atomic number. The rows are periods and the columns are groups; elements in the same group behave in similar ways.

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Which Periodic Table Should You Use?

• Periodic table: all 118 elements with atomic number, symbol, name and atomic mass, coloured by group with a key.
• Simple periodic table: symbols and names only, larger and easier to read, for younger students.
• Periodic table quiz: only the atomic numbers are shown; students write the symbol in each box.
• Blank periodic table: empty boxes in the shape of the table, to fill in from memory or label groups.
• Black and white versions: every table also comes in black and white with no group colours, to save ink.

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How to Use the Periodic Table for Revision

1. Start with the full table and learn the first 20 elements and their symbols.
2. Use the quiz to test symbols from atomic numbers, then check against the full table.
3. Fill in the blank table from memory, starting with the groups you know best.
4. Highlight one group at a time, such as the alkali metals or noble gases, and learn how they behave.

Print on US Letter or A4 landscape at 100% so the small text stays sharp. For a classroom wall, print the full table on A3 or tabloid paper. Atomic masses are PubChem’s published values; masses in brackets are for elements with no stable form. The A4 versions use UK spellings such as aluminium.

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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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FAQs

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Conclusion

These printable periodic tables cover every element for reference, quizzes and revision, human-made by a teacher and ready to edit or print from Word.

Choose your paper size above, download the ZIP, and to take notes in science lessons, try the cornell notes templates.

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