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✖️ 3rd grade math · Multiply & Divide

Share and divide

12 ÷ 3 means 12 shared into 3 equal groups. Deal them out one at a time until they're gone.

Worked example

4 shells shared fairly by 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
Answer: 2
Share them out one at a time, like dealing cards, until they're all gone. Each of the 2 friends ends up with 2. So 4 ÷ 2 = 2. Check it: 2 × 2 = 4.

For grown-ups: Division as sharing and as grouping. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 3.OA.A.2
What this practises, for teachers

Practices division as sharing and as grouping (3.OA.A.2). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. 12 shells shared fairly by 3 friends. How many does each friend get?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 4
    Share them out one at a time, like dealing cards, until they're all gone. Each of the 3 friends ends up with 4. So 12 ÷ 3 = 4. Check it: 3 × 4 = 12.
  2. 36 cookies shared fairly by 6 friends. How many does each friend get?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 6
    Share them out one at a time, like dealing cards, until they're all gone. Each of the 6 friends ends up with 6. So 36 ÷ 6 = 6. Check it: 6 × 6 = 36.
  3. 14 marbles shared fairly by 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 7
    Share them out one at a time, like dealing cards, until they're all gone. Each of the 2 friends ends up with 7. So 14 ÷ 2 = 7. Check it: 2 × 7 = 14.

Before and after

Learn first: Arrays: rows and columns (2nd)

Comes next: Times and divide stories (3rd), Missing factor (3rd)

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Share and divide (3rd grade)

  1. 9 apples shared fairly by 3 friends. How many does each friend get?
  2. 8 acorns shared fairly by 4 friends. How many does each friend get?
  3. 12 strawberries shared fairly by 4 friends. How many does each friend get?
  4. 8 acorns shared fairly by 4 friends. How many does each friend get?
  5. 4 pebbles shared fairly by 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
  6. 20 cookies shared fairly by 4 friends. How many does each friend get?
  7. 8 crayons shared fairly by 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
  8. 36 stickers shared fairly by 6 friends. How many does each friend get?
  9. 10 buttons shared fairly by 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
  10. 8 strawberries shared fairly by 2 friends. How many does each friend get?
  11. 15 acorns shared fairly by 3 friends. How many does each friend get?
  12. 20 strawberries shared fairly by 5 friends. How many does each friend get?

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 2
  6. 5
  7. 4
  8. 6
  9. 5
  10. 4
  11. 5
  12. 4

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