Division to 20: Worksheet #1
Sharing small numbers fairly: this division to 20 worksheet gives children aged 7-8 twenty facts with whole-number answers, the first step after meeting multiplication.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Labugen
Division up to 20
set no. 321
- 1.4 ÷ 1 =
- 2.6 ÷ 3 =
- 3.16 ÷ 4 =
- 4.18 ÷ 6 =
- 5.9 ÷ 3 =
- 6.16 ÷ 8 =
- 7.8 ÷ 1 =
- 8.10 ÷ 5 =
- 9.5 ÷ 5 =
- 10.14 ÷ 7 =
- 11.20 ÷ 10 =
- 12.6 ÷ 2 =
- 13.16 ÷ 2 =
- 14.20 ÷ 2 =
- 15.20 ÷ 5 =
- 16.12 ÷ 4 =
- 17.18 ÷ 9 =
- 18.3 ÷ 3 =
- 19.8 ÷ 4 =
- 20.18 ÷ 2 =
How to use this worksheet
- Act out problem 16, 12 ÷ 4, with twelve buttons: share them into four piles and count one pile.
- Solve the other problems in order.
- Look at problems 3, 6 and 13 together (16 ÷ 4, 16 ÷ 8, 16 ÷ 2) and ask what happens to the answer as the divisor grows.
- Check with the answer page.
What this worksheet teaches
Every problem divides a number up to 20 exactly, so the answers are whole numbers from 1 to 10. Children see division both as sharing (16 shared among 4 is 4 each) and as grouping (how many 4s are in 16?). The page also covers two rules: dividing by 1 leaves the number unchanged (4 ÷ 1, 8 ÷ 1), and dividing a number by itself gives 1 (5 ÷ 5, 3 ÷ 3). Seven problems have the answer 2, because each divides a number by its half, such as 14 ÷ 7.
Sharing and grouping
The same division can be read in two ways. "20 ÷ 5" can mean sharing 20 stickers among 5 children (4 each) or making groups of 5 from 20 stickers (4 groups). Both give 4, and both link to the multiplication fact 4 × 5 = 20. Children who know their small multiplication facts can turn every problem here into a question: "5 times what makes 20?"