Equal Groups Division Word Problems

Teaching notes for parents and teachers

How to teach it

Use the same total in two models: a stated number of groups, and a stated amount in each group. Label the unknown in each.

Ask your student

What does the answer count in this story?

If your student needs help

If the models are confused, give the student counters and have them carry out each grouping action.

Make a practice set

Select the worksheet, answer key, or both. When both are selected, the answer key prints after the questions. Keep it separate if you want your student to work independently.

After your student finishes

Ask what is known before the child calculates. Have the child name what the answer counts, then multiply to check that all of the original amount has been used.

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  Calculation practice

  Single Digit Multiplication Worksheets

  Use equal groups and arrays to practice multiplication facts with factors from 2 to 9.

  18 problems · Answer key included
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  Calculation practice

  Division Without Remainders Worksheets

  Share equally or make equal groups, then check each quotient with multiplication.

  18 problems · Answer key included
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  Word problems

  3rd Grade Multiplication and Division Word Problems

  Choose mixed facts, zero-and-one groups, or two- and three-digit group amounts. Explain what the answer counts.

  Multiply two-digit group amounts

  6 mixed stories or 4 focused multiplication stories · Answer key included

More about division · Grade 3 worksheets · Grade 4 worksheets

Grade 3 selected skill connection: Default division-facts activity: 3.OA.A.2–3 (selected whole-number equal groups: find group count or group size; exact division facts with factors 2–9). See the Common Core standards for this grade. This worksheet does not cover every requirement in the standard.

Grade 4 selected skill connection: Supporting 4.NBT.B.6 with the larger-shares option: exact division by 2–9 with two-digit quotients; selected equal-sharing cases only, no remainders. See the Common Core standards for this grade. This worksheet does not cover every requirement in the standard.