Division Word Problems Worksheets for 3rd Grade
Story problems about sharing equally and making equal groups, with exact answers. 15 free printable worksheets, each with an answer key.
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Division Word Problems: what children learn
Division stories either share a total into equal groups or ask how many groups of a given size can be made. Students connect each story to a multiplication fact with an unknown factor.
Division Word Problems: worked example
Ben shares 24 stickers equally among 4 friends. How many stickers does each one get? 6
Share 24 into 4 equal groups. 24 ÷ 4 = 6, so each friend gets 6 stickers.
Division Word Problems: a common mistake to watch for
Kids sometimes divide the smaller number by the bigger one, or multiply, instead of splitting the total into equal parts.
Division Word Problems: how to help at home or in class
Hand your child a pile of 20 buttons and read a story about sharing them among 4 friends. They deal the buttons one at a time into groups, like dealing cards. Then try a different story about making groups of 5 and ask how many groups appear. Notice together that both are division, but the question differs. When each kind feels natural, they can mix multiplication and division stories.
What is on these Division Word Problems worksheets
This set has 15 different worksheets for 3rd grade, with 5 questions on each and a matching answer key for every sheet. The instruction printed on each worksheet is: “Read each story. Write the answer.”
Example questions like the ones on these worksheets, with their answers:
- 12 kids sit at tables. 2 kids sit at each table. How many tables are there?6
- A page has 40 stamps. They are in equal rows of 5. How many rows are there?8
- 81 kids sit at 9 tables. The same number of kids sit at each table. How many kids sit at each table?9
- 42 cards are put into 7 stacks. Each stack has the same number of cards. How many cards are on each stack?6
- Amir plants 30 seeds in 10 equal rows. How many seeds are in each row?3
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