3rd Grade Dividing by 4 Long Division Worksheet: 6 Problems

The number being shared goes inside the bracket and the 4 sits outside, on the left. The answer, called the quotient, goes on top. In a, 4 cannot go into 3, so children use the whole 36 and ask which number times 4 makes 36. The answer is 9, because 4 × 9 = 36. Writing 36 under 36 and subtracting gives 0, so nothing is left over.

The long division method is usually taught in fourth grade, which makes this page a stretch for third graders. Here it rests on the 4 times table, so the division facts do most of the work.

Dividing by 4 is the same as halving twice. Your child can check 24 ÷ 4 by halving 24 to 12, then 12 to 6. The same trick turns 48 into 24, then 12.

Item b deserves a closer look: 4 tens shared by 4 gives 1 ten, and 0 ones stay 0, so 40 ÷ 4 = 10. Item f, 4 ÷ 4 = 1, is a free point. The blank answer lines are left empty on page two, where each result sits in the "So, ..." line instead.

Count out 32 raisins or crackers and share them onto 4 plates, one at a time. Each plate gets 8, which matches item d. Then let your child pick a number from the 4 times table and set the next problem for you. Close by comparing the six answers with the answer key on page two.