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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Scarecrow Division Colour by Number Worksheet
Have fun with your Halloween maths practice with a division colour-by-number worksheet!
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Printable Maths Mats - Graphic Organisers
Practise working on specific math concepts with our set of 5 printable math graphic organisers.
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Multiplication or Division? Sorting Cards
Use multiplication or division sorting cards to help students confidently identify the correct operation when solving real-world word problems.
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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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Pizza Maths Fact Fluency Trackers
Motivate and inspire students to learn their maths facts with printable maths fact fluency trackers.
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Division Fact Fluency Pack - ÷12
Practise division 12 facts with an engaging worksheet pack that helps teachers reinforce division strategies and build stronger fact recall through purposeful activities.
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Multiplication and Division Word Problems Task Cards
Use a range of strategies to solve 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication and division word problems that exceed the facts of the 12 times tables.
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Prep Equal Sharing Mats Template
Help young learners explore fair sharing through hands-on equal sharing mats.
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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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Factors and Multiples Anchor Chart Set
Hang the posters in our factors and multiples anchor chart set up in your classroom to give your students an easy-to-understand reference.
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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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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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Year 2 Division Think Board
Use a division think board to help students solve division problems in multiple ways while building conceptual understanding and mathematical confidence.
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Year 3 Division Teaching Slides
Build confidence with Year 3 division using teaching slides that help students explore equal sharing, equal grouping and division word problems through engaging visual models.
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How Many Legs on the Spiders? Equal Sharing Activity
Use this equal sharing craft to help Year 1 students explore equal groups.
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Year 3 Multiplication and Division Think Board
Use this division think board resource to help Year 3 students build a deeper understanding of multiplication and division strategies.
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Factors and Multiples Worksheet and Flowchart
Download this factors and multiples worksheet and flowchart to give your students a systematic way to use divisibility rules to discover the factors 1-10.
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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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Colour by Number - Mixed 1 - 12 Division
Make times tables practice more engaging with this division colour by number worksheet, designed to strengthen division fact fluency while giving students a fun, self-checking maths activity.
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Long Division Worksheet
Practising solving long division problems with this computation worksheet.
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Long Division Strategy Posters
Use this set of 4 posters when teaching different long division strategies.
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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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Division Dragon – Worksheet
Division doesn't have to be boring! Let your students practise with our fun differentiated dragon practice sheets.
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Maths Action Words – Keyword Sign Free Printables
Help your students decipher maths word problems with a set of printable maths keyword sign free printables.
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Word Problem Worksheets - Year 5 and Year 6
4 mixed operations word problem worksheets with answers.
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Year 4 Division Task Cards — Solve and Sort
Build understanding with division task cards that help Year 4 students connect division equations, arrays, bar models and word problems through a hands-on sorting activity.
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Multiples and Factors Worksheet Set
Use this multiples and factors worksheet set to help your students identify factor and multiple number pairs.
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Year 4 Long Division Test (No Remainders)
Assess your students' skills with long division using a printable Year 4 Long Division Test.
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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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Multiplication and Division Fact Families – Memory Game
Teach multiplication and division fact families with a fun printable memory game.
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Multiplication and Division Puzzles
Incorporate multiplication and division puzzles that help students build fluency with the 2× facts and related ÷2 facts.