Math Drills

Division Review

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What this worksheet covers

Grade: Grade 3 (Elementary School)
Topic: Division

Sharing something into equal amounts is written as an expression, and the quotient is found by running a times table backward. The special forms come first, Dividing 0, Dividing by 1 and Dividing by the Same Number, then word problems on How Much for Each Person (Equal Sharing), How Many Groups and How Many Times as Many, before division reaches past the tables.

In the special forms the answers get swapped, with 8 ÷ 1 given as 1 and 0 ÷ 5 as 5. Setting up the dividend and the divisor the wrong way round, writing something like 3 ÷ 12, is also common. In How Many Times as Many, children build a multiplication instead, and the answer ends up larger than the original number.

Calculation that finds an answer by working a table backward begins here. The sequence of table facts used as a clue is exactly the one finished off in Multiplication. This unit is limited to cases that divide evenly, and that range widens later on in Division with Remainders to cases that do not.

Word Problems · How Many Times as Many2 questions
Word Problems · How Much for Each Person (Equal Sharing)1 question
Word Problems · How Many Groups1 question
Division Beyond the Times Tables · Equal Sharing (Word Problems)1 question
Division Beyond the Times Tables · How Many Groups (Word Problems)1 question

Questions & answers

Problems and answers on this worksheet

These are the problems in “Division”, shown with their answers.

(1)In the rotary in front of the station, 72 cars and 8 buses are parked. The number of cars is how many times the number of buses? Answer □
Answer: 9times
(2)There are 49 strawberries and 7 watermelons picked from the field. The number of strawberries is how many times the number of watermelons? Answer □
Answer: 7times
(3)In the school library committee, there are 54 books. If they are shared equally among 9 committee members, how many does 1 person get? Answer □
Answer: 6books
(4)There are 63 grapes at the farm harvest festival. If 7 are given to each 1 person, how many people can they be shared among? Answer □
Answer: 9people
(5)In art class, Ethan brought 45 crayons. If they are shared equally among 3 people, how many will 1 person get? Answer □
Answer: 15crayons
(6)Riley has 96 marbles. If 8 are given to each 1 person, how many people can they be shared among? Answer □
Answer: 12people

What to do next

Basics of Division (0, 1, and Times Tables)Basics of Division (0, 1, and Times Tables) Calculation

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