📐 Graph Paper Generator: Print Grid and Dot Paper Online

How to use it

1. 1. Choose the square size

   Pick 5 mm or 1 cm for metric work, or quarter inch or half inch for US sizes. Smaller squares fit more on the page, and bigger squares are easier for young children.

2. 2. Pick lines or dots, light or dark

   Light grey lines stay out of the way when you draw on top of them. Dark lines are easier to see when you want to copy the page or print it for a younger student.

3. 3. Add axes if you need them

   Tick the axes option to draw a numbered x axis and y axis crossing in the middle of the page, ready for plotting points, lines and graphs in all four quadrants.

4. 4. Print at actual size

   Press Make the paper, pick one to five pages and A4 or US Letter, then press Print the paper. Keep the print scale at 100 percent so the squares are true to size.

Ideas for class and home

• Plotting coordinates

  Print the axes version for coordinates, straight line graphs and transformations. Students can plot all four quadrants without spending lesson time ruling their own grid.

• Maths work and column sums

  Squares keep digits in line for long multiplication, division and column addition. Use 1 cm squares for primary pupils and 5 mm squares for older students.

• Drawing, maps and design

  Dot paper suits sketching floor plans, pixel art, symmetry patterns and isometric style shapes. Light dots disappear in a photocopy, leaving only the drawing.

• Science graphs and area work

  Use the squares to draw experiment graphs and to count squares for area and perimeter. Scale up to half inch squares so little hands can colour them in.