To solve word problems involving division (3, 4, 8 times table

facts)

1 Daniel has 18 grapes. He decided to share them between himself and his two friends. How many does each get?

2 There are 28 children in a class. Each table will seat 4 children. How many tables are needed?

3 Each packet holds 4 crayons. How many packets are needed for 24 crayons?

4 Ali spends 88p on 8 stickers. How much does one sticker cost?

5 Rajan, Cairo and Joan share some sweets equally. Each gets 6 sweets. How many did they have altogether?

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 To solve word problems involving division (6, 7, 8, 9 times table
facts)

1 There are 9 people at a party. If there are 36 sandwiches to share equally, how many sandwiches should each
person have?

2 A family have saved 56 between them. When they split it equally between them, each gets 8. How many
people are in the family?

3 Sally has 480 stickers shared equally between 6 albums. How many stickers are in each?

4 Each egg box holds 6 eggs. How many boxes can be filled with 45 eggs?

5 Matt is decorating cookies with chocolate buttons. When he puts 7 buttons on each cookie, he has 4 buttons
left over. When he puts 8 buttons on each cookie, he has none left over.
How many cookies does he have? How many buttons does he have?

cookies buttons

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Teachers notes

Useful interactive games to teach the skills needed for answering multiplication and division problems.

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/131/
representing_multiplication__arrays_and_number_lines
Use a number line and an array to make the process of multiplication
more visual for children. Lots of choice over level.

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/50/
linking_multiplication_and_division
Use an array to help children to see the relationship between multiplication
and division.

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/245/
Bubble_Pop_Multiplication
Shoot the numbered bubble to make the correct multiplication statement.
The multiplication is then shown as jumps on a number line to help children
remember. Choose one or more multiplication tables to practise. Also
available as an iPad or Android app.

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/
multiplication_and_division
Lots of games to practise quick recall of multiplication and
division facts.

Answers

Sheet 1 : 1) 6 2) 7 3) 6 4) 11p 5) 18

Sheet 2: 1) 4 2) 7 3) 80 4) 7 (with 3 eggs left over) 5) 4 cookies (32 buttons)

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