3rd Grade Writing Division Sentences Worksheet: Equal Groups
A division sentence is a short way to write what a picture of equal groups shows. This 3rd grade writing division sentences worksheet gives children two pictures to turn into numbers. Item a shows 6 red hearts inside 3 ovals. Item b shows 18 triangles inside 6 pentagons. Each time, your child writes the sentence with the division sign and then finds the missing number. A girl playing basketball runs along the bottom of the page. Page two walks through both items step by step.
Total, groups, then the answer
Each sentence on this page follows one order: the total, the division sign, the number of groups, then the number in each group. For item a, the total is 6 hearts and there are 3 groups. So the sentence starts with 6 ÷ 3.
Your child then counts the hearts in one oval to finish it: 6 ÷ 3 = 2. Item b follows the same steps, with 18 triangles in 6 groups, so 18 ÷ 6 = 3.
At the table: groups first
The most common slip is to swap the two numbers after the total. Ask your child to point to the groups first, the ovals or the pentagons, and to write that number right after the division sign. The answer is then the size of one group, read from a single shape.
It also helps to read the sentence aloud as a story, such as 18 triangles shared into 6 groups gives 3 in each group. Saying the units out loud makes the role of each number in the sentence much clearer for young learners.
After the page: draw the next one
Your child draws a new model, for example 12 stars in 4 circles, and writes its division sentence underneath. Then swap: you draw, and your child writes. Finish with the worked answer key on page two to check both items.
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