Use Division to Find the Missing Factor

Ask students to say which operation undoes the one in the equation before they start. Have them check by putting the answer back into the equation.

Find the missing factor in 8 equations like 54 × a blank = 10,692 by dividing the product. The directions on the page read: Divide the product by the known factor to find the missing factor. Use the space under each equation to divide. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade multiplication & division, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with missing dividend, divisor or factor. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Multiply the divisor by the quotient. If a number ÷ 8 = 647, the number is 8 × 647 = 5,176.

Divide the dividend by the quotient. If 1,702 divided by a number is 37, the divisor is 1,702 ÷ 37 = 46.

Divide the product by the known factor. If 54 times a number is 10,692, the missing factor is 10,692 ÷ 54 = 198.