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Division practice: equal groups and facts

A printable lesson for basic division with remainders.

Students model division as sharing and grouping, then apply facts to word problems.

Print-ready worksheet with answer key and quick teaching tips.

Grades 3-40 problems10 minAnswer key included
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Quick overview

This free division worksheet for grades 3-4 builds division fact fluency and remainder sense.

Lesson plan snapshot

15-20 min
  • Warm-up (3 min): review multiplication facts.
  • Model (5 min): solve the worked example together.
  • Guided practice (5 min): complete problems 1-4 as a group.
  • Independent practice (7 min): finish the remaining problems.

Materials: counters or coins, pencil

Learning targets

  • Interpret division as equal groups or sharing.
  • Use multiplication to check division facts.
  • Solve word problems with remainders.

Step-by-step approach

  1. 1Identify the total and the number of groups (or group size).
  2. 2Divide to find how many are in each group or how many groups.
  3. 3Multiply to check the quotient.
  4. 4Explain what the remainder means in the context.

Common mistakes

Mistake

Swapping the dividend and divisor.

Try instead

Write the total first, then the number of groups.

Mistake

Ignoring the remainder in word problems.

Try instead

State what the remainder represents in the story.

Mistake

Forgetting to check with multiplication.

Try instead

Multiply divisor by quotient and add the remainder.

Worked example

Guided
24 apples are shared among 6 students. How many apples does each student get?
  1. Total apples: 24, groups: 6.
  2. 24 ÷ 6 = 4.
  3. Check: 6 × 4 = 24.
Answer: 4 apples each

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Practice problems

10 problems • 15 min

Printable worksheet
  1. 1
    Solve: 27÷327 \div 3
  2. 2
    Divide in half: 6÷26 \div 2
  3. 3
    Divide by 5: 60÷560 \div 5
  4. 4
    Solve: 35÷735 \div 7
  5. 5
    Divide by 5: 35÷535 \div 5
  6. 6
    Divide in half: 22÷222 \div 2
  7. 7
    Divide by 5: 45÷545 \div 5
  8. 8
    Solve: 40÷540 \div 5
  9. 9
    Solve: 30÷530 \div 5
  10. 10
    Solve: 32÷432 \div 4

Answer key

10 answers
  1. 11) 9
  2. 22) 3
  3. 33) 12
  4. 44) 5
  5. 55) 7
  6. 66) 11
  7. 77) 9
  8. 88) 8
  9. 99) 6
  10. 1010) 8

Teacher tips

  • TUse counters to model equal groups before writing the equation.
  • TAsk students to explain what the remainder means in words.
  • TConnect division facts to related multiplication facts.

Parent tips

  • PShare snacks equally to practice division at home.
  • PHave your child explain the steps aloud.
  • PPractice quick division facts with flashcards.

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