Division facts
Use multiplication facts to solve division without remainders.
Practice + answer key · 2 pages
Worksheet settings12 questions · 2 columns · A4
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Arithmetic
What you’ll practice
Find whole-number quotients using related multiplication facts.
Think of 42 ÷ 7 as 7 × □ = 42. Every question divides evenly, leaving you free to focus on the link between multiplication and division.
How this skill works
Division asks how many equal groups fit into a total, or how many items go in each group. A multiplication fact supplies the inverse relationship.
If 7 × 6 = 42, then 42 ÷ 7 = 6. The divisor is never zero on this worksheet.
Worked example
Calculate 42 ÷ 7.
- Find the number that makes 7 × □ = 42.
- 7 × 6 = 42, so 42 ÷ 7 = 6.
Answer: 6
Teaching notes
- Read the divisor carefully; changing it changes the quotient.
- Multiply the quotient by the divisor to check the dividend.
Practice questions
- Calculate 40 ÷ 10.
- Calculate 18 ÷ 6.
- Calculate 6 ÷ 2.
- Calculate 8 ÷ 2.
- Calculate 96 ÷ 8.
- Calculate 45 ÷ 5.
- Calculate 81 ÷ 9.
- Calculate 4 ÷ 2.
- Calculate 8 ÷ 4.
- Calculate 16 ÷ 2.
- Calculate 24 ÷ 12.
- Calculate 48 ÷ 6.
Answers and steps
- 4
- Use the related multiplication fact: 10 × 4 = 40.
- 3
- Use the related multiplication fact: 6 × 3 = 18.
- 3
- Use the related multiplication fact: 2 × 3 = 6.
- 4
- Use the related multiplication fact: 2 × 4 = 8.
- 12
- Use the related multiplication fact: 8 × 12 = 96.
- 9
- Use the related multiplication fact: 5 × 9 = 45.
- 9
- Use the related multiplication fact: 9 × 9 = 81.
- 2
- Use the related multiplication fact: 2 × 2 = 4.
- 2
- Use the related multiplication fact: 4 × 2 = 8.
- 8
- Use the related multiplication fact: 2 × 8 = 16.
- 2
- Use the related multiplication fact: 12 × 2 = 24.
- 8
- Use the related multiplication fact: 6 × 8 = 48.