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4 Times Table Missing Numbers

These 4 times table missing numbers worksheets are generated rather than scanned, which means you can print a different sheet every day of the week without paying for a subscription or running out of practice. A typical problem from the sheet in front of you is 4 ÷ 4, which works out to 1; another is 20 ÷ 4, giving 5.

📄 4 TIMES TABLE MISSING NUMBERS — A NEW SHEET EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
🎲 New set of problems

‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

The skill behind these problems

A times table sheet has one job: to turn calculation into recall. When a child meets 4 ÷ 4 they should produce 1 in under three seconds without computing anything, and this page measures exactly that.

Facts are best learned one table at a time and then mixed. A table practised in isolation feels mastered long before it is; the mixing is what makes it stick.

This sheet uses the 4 times table with a number hidden, and the order is randomised so the child cannot ride the rhythm of the count, and a typical line looks like 28 ÷ 4.

The two hardest facts in any table sit in the middle, and children who chant from the start have to run the whole chain to reach something like 20 ÷ 4. Random order is what breaks that dependency.

Work of this kind is commonly aligned with the multiplication fact fluency expectations for grade 3; schools outside the US meet the same skill at roughly the same age, which is why these 4 times table missing numbers worksheets travel well.

Six problems from the sheet in front of you

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (the 4 times table with a number hidden).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
14 ÷ 4 =1Watch for: skipping the ones and tens facts
220 ÷ 4 =5Check: confusing neighbouring facts
34 × □ = 246Look at: guessing the square
436 ÷ 4 =9Ask about: fading in the second half of the sheet
528 ÷ 4 =7Watch for: losing the commutative pair
64 × □ = 164Check: chanting up to the answer

Try one together first

Work 36 ÷ 4 out loud as a demonstration. It gives 9. Children who hear 36 ÷ 4 reasoned through once at the start of a session make noticeably fewer errors in the ten minutes that follow.

Try 4 × □ = 24 together before letting the child start alone. The answer to 4 × □ = 24 is 6, and talking through how it was reached takes about a minute and saves several minutes of guessing later in the sheet.

Three mistakes we see most often

A 6-minute routine that works

  1. Keep the session to about 6 minutes. A child working at this level who is still counting on fingers will need longer than that on a line like 4 ÷ 4, and that is fine: the timer is a measurement, never a punishment.
  2. Mark it together straight away while the working is still fresh, so a slip like the one behind 4 × □ = 24 can be talked through instead of guessed at.
  3. Run the sheet at the same time each day. Ten focused minutes before dinner beats an hour on Sunday, because the 4 times table with a hidden number is a recall skill: 4 ÷ 4 has to arrive without being worked out, and recall is built by frequency.
  4. If two days in a row come out under 6 minutes with everything correct, that is the signal to move up: either numbers bigger than 4 ÷ 4 uses, or the next skill in the sequence.
  5. Use a pencil, not a pen. Children working on the 4 times table with a hidden number rethink far more often when erasing is allowed, and you get to see exactly where the rethinking happened on an item like 4 × □ = 24.

The answer key

Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.

The answer key is generated with the worksheet, not written by hand, so it always matches the sheet in front of you — 4 ÷ 4 is listed as 1, 20 ÷ 4 as 5, and so on down the page.

Printing on US Letter or A4

The sheet is laid out to fit one page on both US Letter and A4. Leave the browser scaling at 100% and turn headers and footers off, and the 20 problems land inside the margins on either paper size.

Portrait orientation is what the sheet is designed for. Landscape works but wastes about a third of the paper, so leave the orientation alone unless you have a reason.

Frequently asked questions

How do I know it is really learned?
Random order, out of context, under three seconds per fact, on two different days. Anything less is recognition rather than recall.
In what order should the tables be learned?
The usual order is 2, 5 and 10 first, then 3, 4 and 6, then 8, then 7, 9, 11 and 12. Each new table then contains only a handful of genuinely unknown facts.
How many different sheets can I make?
As many as you want. The numbers are randomised each time, so printing five sheets in a row gives five different sets of 20 problems on the same skill.
Is the answer key included?
Yes, on its own page behind the worksheet. For the sheet loaded right now it shows 1 for 4 ÷ 4 and 5 for 20 ÷ 4.

When these become easy, move along the related links below rather than adding more problems to the same sheet.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13