MultiplicationGrade 6Missing Number

Grade 6 Multiplication Missing Number

Grade 6 multiplication missing number sheet: 24 problems on multi-digit multiplication.

CCSSAligned to Common Core 6.NS.3: Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

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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.
    ___ × 644 = 576380
  2. 2.
    309 × ___ = 76014
  3. 3.
    ___ × 750 = 192750
  4. 4.
    ___ × 422 = 257842
  5. 5.
    ___ × 261 = 52200
  6. 6.
    ___ × 369 = 107010
  7. 7.
    340 × ___ = 149600
  8. 8.
    375 × ___ = 59625
  9. 9.
    783 × 102 = ___
  10. 10.
    281 × ___ = 146963
  11. 11.
    945 × 911 = ___
  12. 12.
    ___ × 560 = 120960
  13. 13.
    ___ × 716 = 230552
  14. 14.
    326 × ___ = 303180
  15. 15.
    166 × ___ = 17762
  16. 16.
    ___ × 276 = 275448
  17. 17.
    958 × 495 = ___
  18. 18.
    415 × 959 = ___
  19. 19.
    146 × ___ = 80738
  20. 20.
    ___ × 144 = 70128
  21. 21.
    635 × 711 = ___
  22. 22.
    704 × 105 = ___
  23. 23.
    861 × 590 = ___
  24. 24.
    237 × ___ = 50244

What this worksheet covers

This is a 24-problem missing number for grade 6 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 576,380. Problems 9 and 17, for instance, are "783 × 102 = ___" and "958 × 495 = ___". Common Core 6.NS.3 is the slot this page fills.

Skills practised

At grade 6, multiplication is about multi-digit multiplication, greatest common factor, least common multiple and perfect squares, and this sheet takes one slice of that. Specifically, the problems practise multi-digit multiplication. Concretely, the sheet tests whether a student can reason backwards from a result to a missing part.

About the missing number format

Each of the 24 problems has a blank, and the blank is not always at the end: problem 9, "783 × 102 = ___" 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 "___ × 716 = 230552", Set B's is "910 × ___ = 873600".

How to use this worksheet

Work it without a calculator. Every one of the 24 multiplication problems is designed to be done by hand, and reaching for a calculator at grade 6 skips exactly the reasoning being built. Keep the key face down until all 24 problems are finished, then go through the misses together rather than only totalling the score.

One mistake to watch for

In two-digit multiplication the second partial product is not shifted left, so 34 × 12 comes out as 102. Watch problem 17 of this missing number — "958 × 495 = ___" — for this one.

The 1 in 12 is being treated as one, not ten.

Have the student write the placeholder zero in the ones column of the second row and say "ten times" aloud as they start it.

The full guide to teaching multiplicationTeaching multiplication from equal groups to integer exponents: the grade 2–8 progression, times-table strategies, and the errors that stall students.

Other grade 6 multiplication formats

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

  • DrillGrade 6 Multiplication Drill, 30 problems
  • Timed DrillGrade 6 Multiplication Timed Drill, 60 problems
  • Mixed ReviewGrade 6 Multiplication & GCF/LCM Practice, 10 problems
  • Word ProblemsGrade 6 Multiplication Word Problems, 10 problems
  • Vertical FormatGrade 6 Multiplication Vertical Format, 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

Print as many copies of this grade 6 multiplication missing number as you need; Sets A, B and C and their keys are six separate PDFs, all free.

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