How can I place five tables on a page, in a 3x2 matrix?

Question

I'd like to insert multiple code-generated tables into a document so that they appear on a single page. I may need to use smaller font to make them all fit. All the tables are of the same size, and are already in their own tabular block with captions and labels. What's the best strategy?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 15 '17 at 13:48

You can put the tables into minipages or parboxes or use the subfig package. Just remember that you can't put multiple table environments together, but you can put multiple tabular environments (with captions and labels) within a single table environment. The subfig documentation has information about both techniques.

Here's an example using both parboxes and minipages

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering

\parbox{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
A & B & C \\
\midrule
0.096356125 & 0.126535287 & 0.222951743 \\
0.011227006 & 0.154678302 & 0.134139901 \\
0.695793117 & 0.287078523 & 0.077578477 \\
0.325214308 & 0.069604001 & 0.657673026 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{ABC}
}\bigskip
\parbox{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
D & E & F \\
\midrule
0.692628962 & 0.676885786 & 0.714726267 \\
0.216724956 & 0.514742162 & 0.274775702 \\
0.520019549 & 0.506134903 & 0.293514122 \\
0.186925802 & 0.285319488 & 0.403563324 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{DEF}
}\bigskip

\parbox{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
G & H & I \\
\midrule
0.037156909 & 0.76115364 & 0.238202162 \\
0.086680665 & 0.028714787 & 0.879055353 \\
0.302193464 & 0.157574379 & 0.948781632 \\
0.503584342 & 0.885553012 & 0.30105766 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{GHI}
}\bigskip
\parbox{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
J & K & L \\
\midrule
0.652587435 & 0.812241976 & 0.816788302 \\
0.456616676 & 0.320706153 & 0.882116653 \\
0.616582591 & 0.361915305 & 0.772590298 \\
0.78771219 & 0.53200612 & 0.564641396 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{JKL}
}
\parbox{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
M & N & O \\
\midrule
0.733808918 & 0.699601932 & 0.11500169 \\
0.873043748 & 0.12076117 & 0.682781587 \\
0.918180185 & 0.63535945 & 0.445837393 \\
0.417373347 & 0.731406679 & 0.669593201 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{MNO}
}
\parbox{.45\textwidth}{\ }
\end{table}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering

\begin{minipage}{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
A & B & C \\
\midrule
0.096356125 & 0.126535287 & 0.222951743 \\
0.011227006 & 0.154678302 & 0.134139901 \\
0.695793117 & 0.287078523 & 0.077578477 \\
0.325214308 & 0.069604001 & 0.657673026 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{ABC}
}\end{minipage}\bigskip
\begin{minipage}{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
D & E & F \\
\midrule
0.692628962 & 0.676885786 & 0.714726267 \\
0.216724956 & 0.514742162 & 0.274775702 \\
0.520019549 & 0.506134903 & 0.293514122 \\
0.186925802 & 0.285319488 & 0.403563324 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{DEF}
}\end{minipage}\bigskip

\begin{minipage}{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
G & H & I \\
\midrule
0.037156909 & 0.76115364 & 0.238202162 \\
0.086680665 & 0.028714787 & 0.879055353 \\
0.302193464 & 0.157574379 & 0.948781632 \\
0.503584342 & 0.885553012 & 0.30105766 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{GHI}
}\end{minipage}\bigskip
\begin{minipage}{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
J & K & L \\
\midrule
0.652587435 & 0.812241976 & 0.816788302 \\
0.456616676 & 0.320706153 & 0.882116653 \\
0.616582591 & 0.361915305 & 0.772590298 \\
0.78771219 & 0.53200612 & 0.564641396 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{JKL}
}\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{.45\textwidth}{
\begin{tabular}[t]{lll}

\toprule
M & N & O \\
\midrule
0.733808918 & 0.699601932 & 0.11500169 \\
0.873043748 & 0.12076117 & 0.682781587 \\
0.918180185 & 0.63535945 & 0.445837393 \\
0.417373347 & 0.731406679 & 0.669593201 \\

\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{MNO}
}\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{.45\textwidth}{\ }\end{minipage}
\end{table}

\end{document}

I thought of minipage, but only found examples for multi-column use, not matrix... What would be minipage usage here? — Alexy, Jan 31 '11 at 04:27
@Alexy I added an example. If your tables are small and you can fit 3 in the width of the page, you can adjust the size of the \parbox or minipage accordingly. — Alan Munn, Jan 31 '11 at 05:28

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 09 '17 at 15:48

resize the tabulars that three fit in one row:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,graphicx,blindtext}

\begin{document}

\blindtext

\begin{table}
\centering
\minipage{0.32\textwidth}
\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
A & B & C \\\midrule
0.096356125 & 0.126535287 & 0.222951743 \\
0.011227006 & 0.154678302 & 0.134139901 \\
0.695793117 & 0.287078523 & 0.077578477 \\
0.325214308 & 0.069604001 & 0.657673026 \\\bottomrule
\end{tabular}}
\caption{ABC}
\endminipage\hfill%
%
\minipage{0.32\textwidth}
\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
A & B & C \\\midrule
0.096356125 & 0.126535287 & 0.222951743 \\
0.011227006 & 0.154678302 & 0.134139901 \\
0.695793117 & 0.287078523 & 0.077578477 \\
0.325214308 & 0.069604001 & 0.657673026 \\\bottomrule
\end{tabular}}
\caption{ABC second}
\endminipage\hfill%
%
\minipage{0.32\textwidth}
\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
A & B & C \\\midrule
0.096356125 & 0.126535287 & 0.222951743 \\
0.011227006 & 0.154678302 & 0.134139901 \\
0.695793117 & 0.287078523 & 0.077578477 \\
0.325214308 & 0.069604001 & 0.657673026 \\\bottomrule
\end{tabular}}
\caption{ABC third}
\endminipage

\bigskip
\minipage{0.32\textwidth}
\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
A & B & C \\\midrule
0.096356125 & 0.126535287 & 0.222951743 \\
0.011227006 & 0.154678302 & 0.134139901 \\
0.695793117 & 0.287078523 & 0.077578477 \\
0.325214308 & 0.069604001 & 0.657673026 \\\bottomrule
\end{tabular}}
\caption{ABC forth}
\endminipage\space%
%
\minipage{0.32\textwidth}
\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
A & B & C \\\midrule
0.096356125 & 0.126535287 & 0.222951743 \\
0.011227006 & 0.154678302 & 0.134139901 \\
0.695793117 & 0.287078523 & 0.077578477 \\
0.325214308 & 0.069604001 & 0.657673026 \\\bottomrule
\end{tabular}}
\caption{ABC fifth}
\endminipage%
\end{table}

\end{document}

Worryingly, omitting comment sign % in \hfill% above and the subsequent % on a line by itself emits a single column... Why so brittle? — Alexy, Feb 02 '11 at 17:19
How do we resize the caption accordingly? It won't go into the resizebox... — Alexy, Feb 03 '11 at 19:43
it looks ugly (!), when you resize the caption, too! The reader do not want to use magnifiers ... However, put the \resizebox around the minipage — , Feb 03 '11 at 19:47

How can I place five tables on a page, in a 3x2 matrix?

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