This math skill teaches how to find a missing value in a multiplication problem by using division. It demonstrates rearranging a multiplication equation into a division equation to solve for the unknown number.
Missing value in a multiplication
Test your understanding of missing value in a multiplication by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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What number can we multiply by 6 to get a product of 42?
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Let's use a multiplication and division fact family to see this a bit more clearly
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If we rearrange, we can see that 42 divided by 6 gives us our mystery number
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So, doing that division, our mystery number is 7