Keeping facts fresh before the break
Long holidays can undo a lot of fact practice. This sheet has thirty division facts to work through before the break. It suits third graders who are new to division and fourth graders who need quick recall for long division later in the year.
Think of multiplication
The best tip for division facts is to turn them around. For 56 ÷ 8, ask yourself "8 times what makes 56?" Children who know their times tables have nearly all of these facts already, so if division is slow, it's often the multiplication behind it that needs work. Our 3rd grade Christmas multiplication page goes well alongside this one.
Sharing out, the festive way
If a child has lost track of what division means, give them a problem to picture. Twenty-four candy canes shared among six stockings: how many in each? Drawing the stockings and dealing out marks one by one brings the idea back quickly.
Three ways to use it
- Warm-up: do the first ten against a timer at the start of a lesson.
- Partner check: swap sheets and mark using the answer key.
- Home practice: send a different sheet home over winter break, using "New sheet" so each one is fresh.
Keep sessions short, because several brief goes will do more for recall than one long one.