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Classroom · Math · CCSS 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.B.6, 3.OA.C.7, 4.NBT.B.6, 5.NBT.B.6

worksheets for 3rd to 5th grade

Division from sharing cookies to long division: equal groups, arrays and fact families, division facts to 100, remainders and what they mean, and dividing 2-digit and 3-digit numbers step by step. Every pack ends with an answer key.

Division facts chart

All the facts from ÷1 to ÷10 on one page, to keep and check.

Template(1 page, color)Ink saver (B&W)

What is in each pack

  1. 1. Learn itHow division works with a picture or a worked example, then a first practice.
  2. 2. PracticeEqual groups to write as division, fact family triangles, remainder drills or long division.
  3. 3. Skill pageQuick division facts, what to do with a remainder, or 3-digit long division.
  4. 4. Word problemsFour stories about sharing, packing and traveling.
  5. 5. Answer key and tipEvery answer on one page, plus a teaching tip for grown-ups.
Division as sharing worksheet, page 1: how division works, then a first practiceDivision as sharing worksheet, page 2: equal groups, fact families, remainders or long division

How to teach division

  1. Share real things. Deal out cards or counters into equal piles. Division is fair sharing.
  2. Connect to multiplication. Every division fact has a multiplication partner. Fact family triangles show all four facts at once.
  3. Talk about leftovers. When things do not share evenly, the remainder is what is left. In stories, sometimes you round up and sometimes you drop it.
  4. Say the steps. For long division, say "divide, multiply, subtract, bring down" each round, and check by multiplying back.
  5. Check every answer. Quotient times divisor, plus the remainder, gives the number you started with.

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Common questions

When do children learn division?

In the Common Core, children start division in 3rd grade as equal sharing and grouping, and by the end of the year they know all the division facts to 100. In 4th grade they divide up to 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers, with remainders. In 5th grade they divide by 2-digit numbers.

How are multiplication and division related?

They undo each other. If 6 × 7 = 42, then 42 ÷ 7 = 6 and 42 ÷ 6 = 7. Learning the times tables makes division facts easy.

What do the steps of long division mean?

Divide, multiply, subtract, bring down, then repeat. Each round shares out one place value at a time, starting with the biggest.

Can I copy these worksheets for my class?

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