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3rd grade · Math · Unit 3 of 12

Division

Sharing and grouping

What your child practices

Understanding division as sharing fairly and as making equal groups, and using multiplication facts to divide (3 × 4 = 12, so 12 ÷ 3 = 4).

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 3.3.5.6; 3.3.5.7 · division as sharing into equal groups, and dividing within 144

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Dividing shares things equally or makes equal groups.
  2. Think of the multiplication fact that goes with it.
  3. Ask: what times the divisor makes the number?

Example: 20 ÷ 4 = ? What times 4 makes 20? 4 × 5 = 20. Answer: 5

Division in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 3 of 12 in 3rd grade Math, after Multiplication and before Fractions.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    There are 10 pencils. Each cup gets 5. How many cups are needed?

    • 5
    • 2
    • 1
    • 3

  2. Question 2

    What is 20 ÷ 5?

    20 ÷ 5 = ?

    • 3
    • 5
    • 15
    • 4

  3. Question 3

    Ana puts 15 cookies into 5 bags, the same number in each. How many cookies go in each bag?

    answer box

  4. Question 4

    Which number sentence matches the story?

    4 stickers are shared equally onto 2 pages.

    How many go on each page?

    • 4 − 2
    • 4 ÷ 2
    • 4 + 2
    • 4 × 2

  5. Question 5

    2 × 3 = 6. So what is 6 ÷ 2?

    6 ÷ 2 = ?

    • 6
    • 3
    • 2
    • 4

  6. Question 6

    These 4 🧁 are in 2 equal rows. How many are in each row?

    answer box

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