3rd Grade Division Patterns with Place Value Worksheet: 4 Patterns

Each pattern grows from one basic fact. In a, the divisor is always 5. In b, children find the first number, 2, then 20, 200 and so on up to 200,000. In c, they divide by 10 each time. Finally, d divides by 12 and ends with 1,200,000 ÷ 12 = 100,000.

This is a great place value pattern. One extra zero in the first number adds one zero to the answer. Numbers in the millions and dividing numbers that end in zeros usually come in fifth grade, so this page is a stretch. Use it with a child who already enjoys big numbers.

Show your child how to cover the zeros with a finger. Then 12,000 ÷ 12 looks like 12 ÷ 12 = 1, and the three hidden zeros come back in the answer, which gives 1,000. Saying the numbers aloud, such as "twelve thousand", helps too.

Page two explains a and b with an equation, "5 ÷ ? = 1", and solves it with a multiplication. However, it spells pattern as "parttern" four times, so point out the right spelling.

Write 6 ÷ 3 = 2 at the bottom of a sheet. Your child adds one zero to the first number and to the answer on each new line, to build a tower: 60 ÷ 3 = 20, 600 ÷ 3 = 200. Then check each line with a multiplication. Finally, compare the four patterns with the answer key on page two.