What this worksheet covers
Each problem here is a times-table fact turned around: 56 ÷ 7, 36 ÷ 4, 81 ÷ 9. The dividend is always a product that the student has met in the table, so there are no remainders and no guessing, just recall. Stacked, the problems print in the long-division bracket with room above for the answer, which is the form students will use next year.
Who it is for
Third grade. Common Core 3.OA.C.7 asks for fluent division within 100 and 3.OA.B.6 asks students to see division as an unknown factor. Use the sheet once the matching multiplication sheets are secure.
Dividing by 2 to 10 with no remainder · grade 3
A worked example
For 56 ÷ 7, ask what number times 7 makes 56. A student who knows that 7 × 8 = 56 answers 8 at once. Say the family aloud: 7 × 8 = 56, 8 × 7 = 56, 56 ÷ 7 = 8, 56 ÷ 8 = 7.
Mistakes to watch for
- Dividing the other way round, so 56 ÷ 7 is answered with 7 ÷ 56 or with a guess. Read the bracket as: how many sevens in fifty-six.
- Giving a product as the answer, writing 392 for 56 ÷ 7. Ask whether the answer should be bigger or smaller than 56.
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