Crucial to understanding division is knowing that it is the inverse of multiplication. Remainders are an important part of division work in year 3 as are strategies for dividing by 10 and 100.
Division is the inverse of multiplication. If you know one multiplication you can quickly make two division sentences.
A helpful set of pages for early division. Use a number line to hop along.
Division word problems, but no remainders and only using 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and 10 times tables.
Using the division sign in number sentences.
Learning' times tables' makes these mental division questions easy.
Not all division questions work out exactly. There are remainders to find in all these questions.
Having got the hang of remainders, now we move on to word problems with remainders.
Word questions which are all about dividing money. Some involve dividing odd numbers of pounds, without a remainder. (Split the remaining pounds into pence.)
To make a sensible answer for some division problems it is necessary to round up.
When you divide by ten each digit moves one place to the right. We don’t get into decimals just yet, so only whole number answers.
To find a quarter of a number, just halve it and halve it again! Easy!!
Using just the 3 numbers, make multiplication and division number sentences.
Check answers by carrying out a different calculation eg double to check that halving is correct, or add to check that subtraction is correct.
Remember that division is the inverse of multiplication, so dividing by 10 and 100 is just as easy as multiplying.