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Division Facts: Year 3 maths

Practise inverse multiplication facts to master single-digit division up to 144 divided by 12. Questions reinforce fact families and rapid recall without remainders.

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What this covers

Division Facts is taught in Year 3 (age 7 to 8, KS2) as a main teaching focus. It sits in the Number strand.

Worked example

Calculate 426

  1. Think of the related multiplication fact: 6 × = 42
  2. 6 × 7 = 42
  3. 426 = 7

Answer: 7

Difficulty scale

The sheet generator offers five difficulty settings for this topic.

  1. Dividing by 2, 5, and 10 with dividends up to 50
  2. Dividing by 3, 4, and 8 with dividends up to 80
  3. Dividing by 6, 7, 9, 11, and 12 with dividends up to 144
  4. Mixed single-step division facts across all tables 2 to 12
  5. Missing dividend or divisor questions, e.g. ÷ 7 = 8 or 56 ÷ = 8

Common mistakes

  • Dividing in reverse, such as thinking 4 / 20 = 5 instead of 20 / 4 = 5
  • Confusing division with subtraction, e.g. calculating 12 / 3 as 9

Curriculum links

Indicative matches to National Curriculum for England. Check wording and codes against the official document.

  • Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4, and 8 multiplication tables.

Sample sheet and answers

Six questions at the level's usual difficulty. Open the editor to change, add or regenerate any of them.

Division Facts

Year 3 maths

Qs
6
Marks
6
NameDateScore / 6
1.
9 ÷ 3 =
[1]
2.
8 ÷ 2 =
[1]
3.
12 ÷ 3 =
[1]
4.
15 ÷ 5 =
[1]
5.
12 ÷ 3 =
[1]
6.
20 ÷ 5 =
[1]

Answer key

  1. 33 × 3 = 9, so 9 ÷ 3 = 3
  2. 42 × 4 = 8, so 8 ÷ 2 = 4
  3. 43 × 4 = 12, so 12 ÷ 3 = 4
  4. 35 × 3 = 15, so 15 ÷ 5 = 3
  5. 43 × 4 = 12, so 12 ÷ 3 = 4
  6. 45 × 4 = 20, so 20 ÷ 5 = 4