Division Teaching Resources
Make teaching division simple this school year with printable worksheets, digital activities, games and more to help students understand how to divide and apply division strategies to maths problems.
This teaching resource collection was created by the teachers on the Teach Starter team for primary teachers, and each Australian curriculum-aligned resource has been carefully reviewed and curated to ensure it's ready to use with your students! Explore long division activities, methods for explaining divisors and dividends and more, plus find differentiated resources to help you meet each student's needs!
Want to learn more about division, or looking for fresh ideas? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Is Division? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Introducing division to your class? Let's start with a definition of this math operation that's easy for them to understand!
Division is the maths operation that separates a group of items or values into equal parts. The division symbols used to represent the division operation are the ÷ or / symbols. Students will also learn how to divide with a long division bracket.
An example can help students understand this!
Let's say you have 10 apples, and you want to share them equally between 2 people. To do this, you can divide 10 by 2, creating the following problem:
- 10 ÷ 2 = 5
Using division, you determine that you can give each person 5 apples.
Division Terms
Launching into division in your maths class involves plenty of new vocabulary words for your students to learn! Here are some of the terms you will want to start off with.
Dividend
The number that is being divided in a division problem is called a dividend.
Divisor
The divisor is the number that divides the dividend in a division problem.
Quotient
The answer to a division problem is called the quotient. This number represents the number of equal parts.
Remainder
The remainder in a division problem is the amount left over after dividing a dividend by the divisor that cannot be divided evenly.
Fact Family
A fact family is a set of related multiplication and division equations using the same three numbers.
Divisibility Rules
If you have a division problem where you want to know if there will be a remainder or not, these general rules will help you determine if the divisor can be divided evenly into the dividend. Some rules of divisibility include even numbers being divisible by 2, dividends that end with 0 being divisible by 10, etc.
Repeated Subtraction
What does subtraction have to do with division? This division method involves repeatedly subtracting the divisor from the dividend until the remainder or zero is reached.
A cartoon version of the division symbol
What Is Short Division?
One type of division your primary school students will learn is short division, an alternative method used for division problems with multi-digit dividends and single-digit divisors.
Short division and long division are arranged in a similar way. The only difference is that short division requires less writing than the standard algorithm. Simple subtraction and multiplication calculations are done mentally rather than writing down every step.
Short division helps students improve their maths mental skills and prepares them for learning long division. Speaking of ...
What Is Long Division?
Long division is another type of division students learn in primary school. This method is used to divide multi-digit numbers into smaller parts using a standard algorithm.
Long division looks a lot like a little house with a roof! You write the big number you want to divide inside the house, and you place the number you want to divide it by on the outside. Then you use subtraction and multiplication to figure out the answer.
What Is Division of Decimals?
Just as the name implies, division of decimals is a way to divide numbers that have a decimal point.
This maths operation works just like regular division, but you have to move the decimal point over to make the numbers easier to work with.
For example, if you want to divide 3.6 by 2, you would follow the steps of decimal division:
- Move the decimal point in 3.6 over one spot to the right to make it 36.
- Divide that by 2 to get 18.
- Move the decimal point back over one spot to get the answer of 1.8.
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Multiplication and Division Speed Drill Worksheets – Facts of 11
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the eleven times tables.
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Multiplication and Division Speed Drill Worksheets – Facts of 8
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the eight times tables.
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Multiplication and Division Speed Drill Worksheets – Facts of 7
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the seven times tables.
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Word Problem Worksheets - Year 5 and Year 6
4 mixed operations word problem worksheets with answers.
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Highest Common Factor Worksheet Set
Download our highest common factor worksheets for varied practice finding the HCF of two and three digit numbers.
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Multiplication and Division Fact Families Teaching Slides
Introduce multiplication and division fact families to your students with this 36-slide teaching slide deck.
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Activities for Multiplication and Division - Monkey Jungle Escape Room
Complete activities for multiplication and division like this escape room with your students to give them an engaging way to practise solving problems by modeling equal groups.
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Divisibility Rules Chart
Hang our Divisibility Rules Chart in your classroom to give students a quick and easy reference for the rules of divisibility.
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Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of 10 Worksheet Set
Share this multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 worksheet set to help your students learn how to multiply and divide whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000.
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Multiplication and Division Speed Drill Worksheets – Facts of 12
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the twelve times tables.
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Numbers and Symbols Mini Flashcards
Print a set of colourful number and symbol cards for various maths lessons.
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Colour by Number - Mixed 1 - 12 Division
An engaging activity to consolidate your students' understanding of division facts.
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Divisibility Rules Worksheet Set
Use this divisibility rules worksheet set to give your students varied practice finding the factors of given numbers.
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Multiplication and Division Bingo
Practise fact families with our multiplication and division bingo resource that offers two different ways to play!
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Operation Domination Game
A fun game using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of 10 Anchor Chart Set
Display our multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 anchor chart set in your classroom for an easy reference for students learning operations with powers of 10.
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Dot Day Colour By Number Printable - Upper Years
Integrate Dot Day concepts into your maths lessons with printable Dot Day Multiplication and Division colour-by-number worksheets.
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Maths Mazes (Multiplication and Division)
Solve these mazes by manipulating numbers using multiplication and division skills.
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Multiplication and Division Word Problems Task Cards (Facts of 1-12)
Use a range of strategies to solve multiplication and division problems for times tables facts 1-12.
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Mental Maths Division Posters
Use this set of division posters in your classroom when teaching different mental maths strategies.
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Value Your Place Active Learning
A whole class active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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Fact Family Arrays Match-Up Game
Play this fact family arrays matching game with your students to give them practice identifying multiplication and division fact families.
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Year 5 Long Division Test (No Remainders)
Assess your students' skills with long division using a printable Year 5 Long Division Test.
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Multiplication and Division Word Problems Task Cards (Facts of 2, 5 and 10)
Use a range of strategies to solve multiplication and division problems with 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
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Division Strategies Posters
Use this set of printable classroom posters when teaching different division strategies.
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Halloween Escape Game - The Missing Lolly Mystery - Multiplication and Division
Solve the mystery of who stole all the lollies from the Halloween Party with an interactive Halloween Escape Game featuring multiplication and division.
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Colouring by Larger Numbers - Operations
Colouring pages to be used when working with operations.
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Number Talks - Making Ten Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 20 task cards.
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Number Ladders
Blank number ladders with space for sums.
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Multiply and Divide! Word Problems Interactive
Practise solving one and two step worded maths problems and have fun with our Multiply and Divide Word Problems Interactive Activity.
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Input Output Machine Worksheet Set
Use this input output machine worksheet set to introduce your students to number patterns while giving them computational practice.
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Scarecrow Division Colour by Number Worksheet
Have fun with your Halloween maths practice with a division colour-by-number worksheet!