Mixed OperationsGrade 5Missing Number

Grade 5 Mixed Operations Missing Number

Grade 5 mixed operations missing number sheet: 24 problems on all four operations with multi-digit numbers.

CCSSAligned to Common Core 5.NBT.5: Fluently multiply multi-digit whole 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.
    114 ÷ ___ = 19
  2. 2.
    115 ÷ 5 = ___
  3. 3.
    143 + ___ = 340
  4. 4.
    8 × ___ = 24
  5. 5.
    ___ ÷ 4 = 25
  6. 6.
    ___ + 203 = 682
  7. 7.
    ___ - 112 = 617
  8. 8.
    143 ÷ 11 = ___
  9. 9.
    4 × ___ = 44
  10. 10.
    18 × 7 = ___
  11. 11.
    12 ÷ ___ = 6
  12. 12.
    5 × 8 = ___
  13. 13.
    2 × 12 = ___
  14. 14.
    175 ÷ 7 = ___
  15. 15.
    84 ÷ ___ = 14
  16. 16.
    677 - ___ = 97
  17. 17.
    487 + 994 = ___
  18. 18.
    ___ - 541 = 199
  19. 19.
    9 × 2 = ___
  20. 20.
    718 - 516 = ___
  21. 21.
    ___ - 228 = 115
  22. 22.
    601 + ___ = 831
  23. 23.
    ___ ÷ 9 = 12
  24. 24.
    11 × 6 = ___

What this worksheet covers

24 mixed operations problems fill this missing number page; problem 9 asks "4 × ___ = 44", and the sheet stays at that level throughout. 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 994. Further down, problem 17 asks "487 + 994 = ___". The sheet sits inside Common Core 5.NBT.5, in the grade 5 Number & Operations in Base Ten strand.

Skills practised

At grade 5, mixed operations is about order of operations with parentheses and multi-digit computation, and this sheet takes one slice of that. Specifically, the problems practise all four operations with multi-digit numbers. 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, "4 × ___ = 44" is one of them. A blank on a mixed page can belong to any operation, so the student has to reason about the relationship rather than recall a fact.

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 "2 × 12 = ___", Set B's is "___ × 4 = 72".

How to use this worksheet

By grade 5 a student should take all 24 mixed operations problems in one sitting. If the page takes more than about fifteen minutes, the underlying facts are probably not automatic yet, and that is worth fixing before more mixed operations practice piles on. Date the missing number before filing it. Set C from six weeks later is the cheapest evidence you have that the mixed operations stuck.

One mistake to watch for

The operation sign is ignored: every problem on a mixed page is added. On this grade 5 missing number, problem 17 ("487 + 994 = ___") is the kind of item where it shows.

Sign reading is not yet part of the routine because most practice pages only carry one operation.

Have the student circle or trace every operation sign before solving anything on the page.

The full guide to teaching mixed operationsTeaching mixed operations and order of operations: the grade 1–8 progression, why PEMDAS misleads, and how interleaved practice builds operation sense.

Other grade 5 mixed operations formats

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

  • DrillGrade 5 Mixed Operations Practice, 20 problems
  • Timed DrillGrade 5 Mixed Operations Timed Drill, 72 problems
  • Mixed ReviewGrade 5 Mixed Operations Mixed Review, 30 problems
  • Word ProblemsGrade 5 Mixed Operations Word Problems, 10 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 5 topics

Six PDFs, no sign-up: three versions of this grade 5 mixed operations missing number and three answer keys, each 24 problems long.

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