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3rd grade · Math · Unit 3 of 16

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).

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-3.OA.2; NY-3.OA.3; NY-3.OA.6; NY-3.OA.7 · division as sharing into equal groups and as an unknown factor, sharing and grouping word problems, and dividing within 100

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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 3 of 16 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

    Which number sentence matches the story?

    6 stickers are shared equally onto 3 pages.

    How many go on each page?

    • 6 − 3
    • 6 × 3
    • 6 + 3
    • 6 ÷ 3

  2. Question 2

    These 12 🌸 are in 4 equal rows. How many are in each row?

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  3. Question 3

    What is 10 ÷ 5?

    10 ÷ 5 = ?

    • 1
    • 5
    • 2
    • 3

  4. Question 4

    Ana puts 9 strawberries onto 3 plates, the same number on each. How many strawberries go on each plate?

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  5. Question 5

    There are 25 flowers. Each vase gets 5. How many vases are needed?

    • 5
    • 4
    • 6
    • 7

  6. Question 6

    What number goes in the box?

    3 × = 15

    • 4
    • 5
    • 12
    • 6

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