Vicky, from Bolton has asked us if we have anything for her son who has been learning his 3 times table, so, just in the nick of time we have one of our sets of ‘star’ division, on dividing by 3. Just divide each of the numbers around the star by 3 and write the [...]

These four pages are a gentle introduction to using knowledge of the two times table to answer division questions. Just the job for those children who are beginning to understand division. There are 8 numbers round the octagon. Each number needs to be divided by 2 and the answer written in the outer octagon. Only [...]

One way of understanding division is to think of it as equal grouping. In other words, you have a number of objects and split them up into piles of the same amount. 8 divided by 2 can be thought of as ‘How many equal groups of 2 can be made from 8?’ These four pages [...]

A calculation involving division can be written in a variety of ways and it is important that children recognise these so that they can carry out the correct procedure. These four pages introduce 4 or 5 different ways, including: Share 8 objects between 2 Divide 8 by 2 How many twos make eight? How many [...]

Continuing with our series on early division we have a set of four worksheets on dividing by 3, for children who are just learning their 3 x table. The patterns of the 3x table are not as easy to recognise as the 2, 5 or 10 times and this can be a table that children [...]

A mixed bag today with four worksheets on dividing by 2, 5 and 10. It is always a good idea to ask children how they go about answering a question, or what are they thinking. When faced with a question such as 30 divided by 5, I think, ‘How many fives make 30?’ and can [...]

Here we have the second in our mini series of division worksheets, suitable for children in year 2, aged around 6, but this will vary according to the individual child’s development. These four maths worksheets on dividing by 5 are an ideal way to check how well the 5 times table has been learned. They [...]

Another area of maths that we have had several requests for is early division. Over the next few days we will be updating this, starting with four pages on dividing by 10. Dividing by 10 is probably the easiest of all mental division. All these questions only have division of multiples of 10 so there [...]

The very first in our division worksheets, found in the ‘Superbrains’ section. These four pages look at division as sharing equally. It’s a great idea to do lots of this practically, sharing out sweets, cards, buttons etc and is best done on a ‘one for you, one for me’ basis to begin with. There is [...]