Grade 2 Multiplication Missing Number
Grade 2 multiplication missing number sheet: 24 problems on equal groups, multiplying by 2, 3, 5 and 10.
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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.___ × 3 = 15
- 2.___ × 5 = 30
- 3.4 × ___ = 12
- 4.9 × 5 = ___
- 5.___ × 2 = 6
- 6.2 × ___ = 20
- 7.3 × 5 = ___
- 8.8 × ___ = 16
- 9.2 × 3 = ___
- 10.10 × ___ = 20
- 11.2 × ___ = 2
- 12.___ × 3 = 6
- 13.1 × 2 = ___
- 14.8 × ___ = 24
- 15.___ × 1 = 5
- 16.7 × ___ = 70
- 17.5 × ___ = 5
- 18.2 × 2 = ___
- 19.___ × 4 = 20
- 20.4 × ___ = 20
- 21.4 × ___ = 8
- 22.10 × 3 = ___
- 23.2 × 5 = ___
- 24.4 × 10 = ___
What this worksheet covers
This is a 24-problem missing number for grade 2 multiplication, printed in black and white with the key on page two. The blank moves between positions from problem to problem, so no single procedure clears the page and the numbers run as high as 70. Problems 9 and 17, for instance, are "2 × 3 = ___" and "5 × ___ = 5". Common Core 2.OA.4 is the slot this page fills.
Skills practised
At grade 2, multiplication is about equal groups, arrays as repeated addition, and skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, and this sheet takes one slice of that. Specifically, the problems practise equal groups and multiplying by 2, 3, 5 and 10. Working the page asks a student to reason backwards from a result to a missing part. Eleven different answers appear across the 24 problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
About the missing number format
Each of the 24 problems has a blank, and the blank is not always at the end: problem 9, "2 × 3 = ___" puts it where the student has to reason backwards. An unknown factor is division in disguise, so this format is where multiplication and division fact families are built.
Set A, Set B and Set C
All three sets are produced by the site's deterministic generator from a fixed seed, so they are the same every time the site is built and the answer keys are exact. Where Set A's problem 13 is "1 × 2 = ___", Set B's is "___ × 4 = 20".
How to use this worksheet
Sit alongside for this multiplication missing number. At grade 2 the useful information is not the score but which of the 24 problems drew a pause. Print Set B of this multiplication 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
Arrays are counted one square at a time. Problem 17 on this grade 2 missing number page, "5 × ___ = 5", is where to look for it.
Rows have not yet been seen as equal groups that can be added.
Write the repeated-addition sentence beneath each array and read it before counting.
Other grade 2 multiplication formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 2 Arrays and Equal Addends, 16 problems
- Timed Drill — Grade 2 Multiplication Timed Drill, 60 problems
- Mixed Review — 2.OA.4 — Rectangular Arrays & Equal Addends Practice, 22 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 2 Multiplication Word Problems, 8 problems
- Vertical Format — Grade 2 Multiplication Vertical Format, 20 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.
- Finding the Unknown in Multiplication & Division Equations — grade 3, 22 problems
Missing Number sheets in other grade 2 topics
Print as many copies of this grade 2 multiplication missing number as you need; Sets A, B and C and their keys are six separate PDFs, all free.