Go Math! Grade 3, Chapter 6: Understand Division
In this unit, your child learns what division means. They share a total into equal groups to find how many are in each, or make groups of a set size to find how many groups. They link division to multiplication through fact families and solve story problems. Next comes learning division facts and strategies to solve them faster.
By Robert “Bobby” BarnettMath teacher, parent, and founder of Bobby’s Math Club
What is my child learning in Chapter 6?
- Modeling division with counters and drawings, such as 24 ÷ 6 as 24 shared into 6 equal groups of 4. Learn more: Division as sharing into equal groups
- Solving division stories by drawing bar models or arrays, and labeling what the answer counts, like 6 bags. Learn more: Multiplying and dividing in story problems
- Writing related facts, such as 4 × 6 = 24 and 24 ÷ 6 = 4, to see division as an unknown factor problem. Learn more: Using times tables to divide
Sample questions to try together
These are real questions from our practice. Tap the speaker to hear one read aloud, or the light bulb for a hint, and talk about the answer together.
Question 1 of 3
A farmer has 24 carrots. If he puts 6 carrots in each basket, how many baskets will he fill?
- 4
- 6
- 18
How you can help
- Share a bowl of snack crackers equally among family members and ask your child to say the division sentence, such as 15 ÷ 3 = 5.
- Ask your child to sort socks or crayons into groups of 4, count how many groups they made, and say it as a division sentence.
- When your child solves a division fact, ask them to prove it with multiplication, so 27 ÷ 3 = 9 gets checked by 9 × 3 = 27.
Where kids can get stuck
- Sharing items out unevenly, giving one person more than another, and still writing down an answer.
- Saying 24 ÷ 6 = 4 means 4 groups when the story put 4 in each group.
- Writing the total last, as in 4 ÷ 24, instead of putting the amount being shared first.
Practice makes perfect
Bobby's Math Club has practice problems that adapt to your child’s level, each with a detailed explanation and an easy-to-follow video, so your child can build confidence in these skills one step at a time.
Words your child will hear
- divide
- To share a total fairly, or to find how many equal groups fit in it.
- dividend
- The number being shared or split, like 20 in 20 ÷ 4.
- divisor
- The number you divide by, like 4 in 20 ÷ 4.
- quotient
- The answer to a division problem.
- equal groups
- Groups that all hold the same amount, like 3 plates with 4 crackers each.
- related facts
- Multiplication and division facts that use the same three numbers.
- fact family
- Four facts made from three numbers, like 3 × 6 = 18 and 18 ÷ 6 = 3.
- array
- Objects arranged in equal rows and columns.
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Written by Robert “Bobby” Barnett
Bobby is an award-winning math teacher, the author of Meet Every Learner’s Needs, and the father of two elementary-school math learners. He uses Bobby’s Math Club with his own kids a few times every week. Learn more or contact Bobby.
Which math standards does Go Math! Grade 3 Chapter 6 cover?
Go Math! Grade 3 Chapter 6 covers these math standards. Each one links to what it means, sample questions, and teaching strategies.
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