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Multiplication Fun Challenge Puzzles

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Multiplication Fun Challenge Puzzles

Solve each puzzle. Show your working where it helps, and remember to include units in your answers.

Mystery Number Puzzles

1.A mystery number multiplied by 6 equals 48. What is the mystery number?

2.Follow the multiplication chain: start at 5, multiply by 3, then multiply the result by 4. What number do you reach?

3.Fill in each missing factor: (a) ___ × 7 = 56; (b) 8 × ___ = 40; (c) ___ × 9 = 63.

4.Which multiplication fact has the greatest product?

7 × 8
9 × 5
6 × 9
8 × 6

Multiplication in Everyday Life

5.A fruit shop packs 6 oranges into each bag. How many oranges are in 8 bags?

6.Each sheet of stickers has 9 stickers. How many stickers are on 7 sheets?

7.Select every situation that can be worked out with 6 × 4.

Four trays with 6 muffins on each tray
Six teams with 4 players in each team
Six shells plus 4 shells
A rectangle that is 6 cm long and 4 cm wide

Multiplication Magic

8.A game has 7 rows of 8 tokens. How many tokens are there altogether?

9.Complete the three-times pattern: 3 × 4 = 12; 3 × 5 = ___; 3 × 6 = ___; 3 × 7 = ___. What is the amount added to each answer as the second factor increases by 1?

10.Write two different multiplication facts using whole-number factors that each have a product of 36. Do not use the same pair in reverse order.