3rd Grade Divide by 5 Practice Worksheet: Long Division with Fives

Most children already know the 5 times table by heart, often from counting coins, fingers or the minutes on a clock. Division facts simply run it backward. To find 45 ÷ 5, your child counts in fives up to 45 and keeps track of the jumps: 5, 10, 15 and so on. Nine jumps reach 45, so the quotient is 9.

In the bracket, the long division method records the same idea in a neat written form that children will use for years. Children write 9 on top, 45 below, subtract, and get 0.

A handy mental math shortcut works for every item. Double the number, then divide by 10. For 45, doubling gives 90, and 90 ÷ 10 = 9. For 55, doubling gives 110, so the answer is 11.

Item f, 55 ÷ 5 = 11, goes past the 5 times table that most children learn, so it is a small stretch. The long division bracket itself belongs to fourth grade. For a third grader, a correct answer found by skip counting earns full marks.

Pour a handful of nickels on the table and count their value together, such as 35 cents. Then ask how many nickels make that amount. Your child divides 35 by 5 and checks by counting the coins. Finally, compare each result with the answer key on page two.