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Division Detective Worksheet
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Division Detective Worksheet
Solve each division mystery. Use multiplication to check your answers, and show your working where space is provided.
Case file 1: Crack the number code
Use the inverse operation—multiplication—to help solve each clue.
1.A number divided by 3 is 108. What is the number? Write the multiplication fact that proves your answer.
2.Which equation correctly solves 276 ÷ 2?
- 138, because 138 × 2 = 276
- 128, because 128 × 2 = 276
- 148, because 148 × 2 = 276
- 136, because 136 × 2 = 276
Case file 2: Fair-day deliveries
Use the clues to solve the fair's packing problems.
3.The fair has 624 cookies. Volunteers put 4 cookies in each box. How many full boxes can they pack?
4.A market grower packs 35 apples into bags of 6. How many full bags can be made, and how many apples will be left over?
5.True or false? If 72 seedlings are shared equally among 8 trays, each tray gets 9 seedlings. Explain how multiplication checks your answer.
6.A volunteer makes 7 equal piles from 42 raffle tickets. Use the counters below to show the equal groups, then write the division sentence.
Case file 3: Spot the pattern
Match each division fact to its answer. Answers may be used more than once.
7.Match each division fact with its quotient.
- 96 ÷ 8
- 105 ÷ 7
- 144 ÷ 12
- 15
- 12
- 12
8.Fill in the missing number: 8 × = 136, so 136 ÷ 8 = .
9.A detective says 252 ÷ 6 = 41. Is the answer correct? Find the correct quotient and show how multiplication proves it.
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