Year 3 division uses the 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Every multiplication fact gives two division facts: 4 × 8 = 32, so 32 ÷ 4 = 8 and 32 ÷ 8 = 4.
What your child will learn
- Recall division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 times tables
- Use multiplication facts to divide
- Solve division stories involving sharing and grouping
Fact families
Three numbers like 4, 8 and 32 form a fact family: 4 × 8 = 32, 8 × 4 = 32, 32 ÷ 4 = 8 and 32 ÷ 8 = 4. Learning families instead of single facts quadruples what children know.
Example questions
Here are a few questions like the ones in the first quest. Can you solve them?
1. True or false? 36 ÷ 4 = 9
Show answer
Answer: True. 36 ÷ 4 = 9, because 4 × 9 = 36.
2. What is 30 ÷ 3?
- 20
- 12
- 10
- 1
Show answer
Answer: 10. 30 ÷ 3 = 10, because 3 × 10 = 30.
3. What is 12 ÷ 4?
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 3
Show answer
Answer: 3. 12 ÷ 4 = 3, because 4 × 3 = 12.
Tips for grown-ups
- Write fact-family triangles on sticky notes.
- Split real groups: 24 sweets into bags of 8.