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Missing value in a multiplication

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.

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What number can we multiply by 6 to get a product of 42?

Let's use a multiplication and division fact family to see this a bit more clearly

If we rearrange, we can see that 42 divided by 6 gives us our mystery number

So, doing that division, our mystery number is 7