3rd grade division word problems worksheets

Third grade division word problems come in two flavors that look different but use the same fact: sharing, where 24 stickers are split among 4 friends, and grouping, where 24 stickers go into bags of 4. Facts divide evenly at this grade (3.OA.A.3), so every quotient comes out whole.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Read each problem. Show your work and write the answer.

  1. Ethan sorts 15 marbles equally into 3 jars. How many marbles go in each jar?

    Answer: 5

  2. Owen distributes 28 bottles equally among 4 coolers. How many bottles go in each cooler?

    Answer: 7

  3. Liam sorts 30 stickers equally into 3 folders. How many stickers go in each folder?

    Answer: 10

Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.

What's on each sheet

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.

How to teach this

Keep both meanings of division alive by asking which one each story is: are we sharing into a known number of piles, or filling groups of a known size? Counters make either one visible in a minute. Tie every problem to its multiplication partner. A child who owns 6 × 4 = 24 already owns 24 ÷ 6 and 24 ÷ 4.

Watch for: Kids write the remainder into the answer no matter what the question asks, so the school needs '6 r 4' vans. Ask what the leftover means in the story. Sometimes it rounds the answer up, sometimes it gets dropped, and sometimes it is the answer. Kids treat division as brand-new learning instead of multiplication reversed. Have them check every quotient by multiplying back: if 42 ÷ 7 = 6, then 7 × 6 must rebuild 42. Kids divide the numbers in the order they appear, even when the total comes second in the story. Have them find the total first and say it out loud. The big amount is the thing being split.

Common questions about division word problems

What kind of division problems does 3rd grade use?
Sharing and grouping stories from the fact range, per 3.OA.A.3, and everything divides evenly. No remainders yet. The point is connecting division to the multiplication facts your child already has.
How many problems per sheet?
Five stories, each with room to show work and an answer line, plus an answer key that writes out the division fact for each one.

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Aligned to Common Core 3.OA.A.3. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated September 2026.

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