DivisionGrade 6Missing Number

Grade 6 Division Missing Number

Grade 6 division missing number sheet: 24 problems on long division with two-digit divisors.

CCSSAligned to Common Core 6.NS.2: Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.

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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.

Preview — Set A

Find the number that belongs in each blank.

  1. 1.
    69255 ÷ 95 = ___
  2. 2.
    52248 ÷ 56 = ___
  3. 3.
    ___ ÷ 82 = 917
  4. 4.
    22737 ÷ ___ = 689
  5. 5.
    ___ ÷ 81 = 912
  6. 6.
    19578 ÷ ___ = 502
  7. 7.
    53485 ÷ 95 = ___
  8. 8.
    32400 ÷ ___ = 675
  9. 9.
    70944 ÷ 96 = ___
  10. 10.
    41536 ÷ 44 = ___
  11. 11.
    7174 ÷ ___ = 211
  12. 12.
    ___ ÷ 19 = 712
  13. 13.
    9600 ÷ 80 = ___
  14. 14.
    41650 ÷ ___ = 595
  15. 15.
    49068 ÷ 58 = ___
  16. 16.
    16188 ÷ ___ = 426
  17. 17.
    17756 ÷ 46 = ___
  18. 18.
    37485 ÷ 85 = ___
  19. 19.
    11564 ÷ 98 = ___
  20. 20.
    ___ ÷ 13 = 396
  21. 21.
    74480 ÷ 76 = ___
  22. 22.
    6072 ÷ 46 = ___
  23. 23.
    5624 ÷ ___ = 148
  24. 24.
    33989 ÷ 41 = ___

What this worksheet covers

Set A of this grade 6 missing number sheet holds 24 division problems on one printable page, with the answer key on the page behind it. What makes this set particular: the blank moves between positions from problem to problem, so no single procedure clears the page and the numbers run as high as 74,480. Two problems from the middle of the page — "70944 ÷ 96 = ___" and "17756 ÷ 46 = ___" — show the range. The sheet sits inside Common Core 6.NS.2, in the grade 6 The Number System strand.

Skills practised

The grade 6 division sequence covers long division with two- and three-digit divisors and multi-digit quotients; this page sits inside it. What a student is asked to do here is long division with two-digit divisors. To finish it, a student has to reason backwards from a result to a missing part. 23 different answers appear across the 24 problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.

About the missing number format

The 24 problems here move the unknown around, so a student solves for a missing part as often as for a result; problem 9, "70944 ÷ 96 = ___" is one of them. Blanking the dividend or divisor turns the sheet into multiplication practice from the other side.

Set A, Set B and Set C

The three sets come from the same generator with three different seeds: same skill, same layout, fresh numbers, and an answer key computed with the problems. Where Set A's problem 13 is "9600 ÷ 80 = ___", Set B's is "___ ÷ 18 = 620".

How to use this worksheet

Have the student estimate before computing, then compare. At grade 6 an division answer that is wildly off should announce itself, and building that reflex matters as much as the 24 answers. Print Set B of this division missing number before writing on Set A; the same skill worked twice a week apart tells you far more than once.

One mistake to watch for

The first digit of the quotient is placed over the wrong digit of the dividend. On this grade 6 missing number, problem 17 ("17756 ÷ 46 = ___") is the kind of item where it shows.

The student has not asked how many times the divisor goes into the leading part of the dividend.

Underline the smallest leading part of the dividend the divisor fits into before writing anything.

The full guide to teaching divisionTeaching division from sharing to unit rates: the grade 3–8 progression, long division without mystery, remainders, and the errors that derail students.

Other grade 6 division formats

The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.

  • DrillGrade 6 Division Drill, 30 problems
  • Timed DrillGrade 6 Division Timed Drill, 60 problems
  • Mixed ReviewGrade 6 Division Mixed Review, 30 problems
  • Word ProblemsGrade 6 Division Word Problems, 10 problems
  • Vertical FormatGrade 6 Long Division with Two-Digit Divisors, 16 problems

A step either side

The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.

Missing Number sheets in other grade 6 topics

Free to download, print and photocopy for a whole class: three missing number sheets of grade 6 division, 24 problems each, keys included.

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