Division Strategies Practice

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🎯 Part 1: Equal Groups Strategy

1. Sarah has 24 stickers. She wants to share them equally among 6 friends. How many stickers will each friend get?

Strategy: Draw equal groups or use repeated subtraction

Answer: Each friend gets _____ stickers

2. A baker has 45 muffins to pack into boxes. Each box holds 9 muffins. How many boxes does he need?

Answer: He needs _____ boxes

3. Choose the best strategy for 36 ÷ 4:

Draw 4 equal groups and share 36 items

Count by 4s until you reach 36

Use the fact that 4 × 9 = 36

All of these strategies work

🧮 Part 2: Multiple Strategies

4. Solve 48 ÷ 8 using TWO different strategies. Show your working for both.

Strategy 1: Equal groups

Strategy 2: Known facts or skip counting

Answer: 48 ÷ 8 = _____

5. Complete these division sentences. Choose any strategy that works for you:

a) 35 ÷ 5 = _____

b) 72 ÷ 9 = _____

c) 56 ÷ 7 = _____

🌟 Part 3: Challenge Problems

6. A school has 84 students going on a trip. They need to organise equal groups for activities. What are THREE different ways they could divide the students equally? Show your working.

7. Create your own division word problem using the number 60. Then solve it using your favourite strategy.

My word problem:

My solution:

Division Strategies Practice

Division Strategies Practice

🎯 Part 1: Equal Groups Strategy

🧮 Part 2: Multiple Strategies

🌟 Part 3: Challenge Problems

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