What times 3 makes 12?
A missing factor is division wearing a multiplication costume. Nine of them a set — and then the nine answers, which are all different, lined up from smallest to largest, so every one gets looked at twice.
Think of the times table backward.
A missing factor worksheet generator, printable as a PDF. Three sets a page, each with nine multiplication facts missing one factor — ☐ × 3 = 12 or 3 × ☐ = 12 — and a row of nine boxes underneath. The child finds each missing factor, then writes the nine answers again from smallest to largest; because the nine answers are always different numbers, a mistake tends to show up as a repeat or a gap in the row. Pick tables to 10 or to 12, and whether the box comes first, second or both. The factor shown is never 1, and every set is new, with an answer key.
1 token a sheet, fewer in batches.
US Letter PDF — prints on any home printer.
Read
3 × ☐ = 12: which number times 3 makes 12?
Write
The missing factor in the box.
Order
All nine answers, smallest to largest, in the row below.
Missing factor
Nine different answers in every set, so writing them smallest to largest is a second check on each one.
Tables
Your worksheet lands here — download, print, or email it.