Grades 3–4
Division with Remainders
Twenty-four short problems like 17 ÷ 5 = 3 R2, before long division. The leftover is the remainder.
Math worksheet · Division practice worksheets
Division as Sharing
Six sharing problems: draw the dots onto the plates one at a time, then count how many each plate gets.
- Grade level
- 3rd grade
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Division facts, Equal sharing and grouping, Remainders, Long division
What kids do
“Share the dots fairly between the plates. Draw them in. How many on each plate?”
Printed on the sheet:
- 6 dots shared between 2 plates.
- 8 dots shared between 2 plates.
- 16 dots shared between 4 plates.
- 20 dots shared between 4 plates.
- 12 dots shared between 4 plates.
- 12 dots shared between 3 plates.
Sample problems
- 6÷2 =
- 8÷2 =
Teacher tip
Deal the dots out like cards, one plate at a time. Kids see why the answer is “how many each”.
How to use it
- Remind kids that every division fact has a multiplication partner, and say a few pairs out loud first.
- Let kids use counters and paper plates for the first few problems.
- Do the first problem together under a document camera, then let kids finish on their own.
Watch for
Remainders bigger than the divisor. That means one more group fits.
Talk about it
- Is it sharing (how many each) or grouping (how many groups)?
- Which problem was the hardest? What made it hard?
Take it further
Have kids make their own division wheel or fact triangle for a partner.
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More division practice worksheets
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Missing Dividends and Divisors
Thirty facts with a blank in a different spot each time: ___ ÷ 4 = 6 or 35 ÷ ___ = 7.
Grades 4–5
Divide by 10, 100 and 1,000
Thirty problems that divide by 10, 100 and 1,000, and multiples of ten like 240 ÷ 6.
5th grade
Long Division by Two-Digit Numbers
Nine long division problems with two-digit divisors, three- and four-digit dividends and remainders.
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