Divide by whole tens
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Free printable divide by whole tens worksheets for 3rd grade. Students divide numbers by multiples of ten (20, 30, 40…), applying basic division facts and place value reasoning together. These worksheets are a key step toward larger-number division in 3rd grade. Part of our division worksheets collection.
What You'll Learn
- Divide numbers by multiples of ten using place value strategies
- Apply basic facts then adjust for the tens place value
- Build mental division fluency with whole-ten divisors
FAQ
How do students simplify dividing by a whole ten like 40?⌄
Students can divide both the dividend and divisor by 10 first (removing matching zeros), reducing the problem to a basic division fact — for example, 280 ÷ 40 simplifies to 28 ÷ 4 = 7.
What combination of skills do divide-by-whole-tens problems require?⌄
Students need place value understanding (to handle the zeros), basic division fact fluency (to compute the simplified problem), and estimation skills (to judge whether the quotient makes sense).
How do these problems prepare students for long division in later grades?⌄
Estimating quotients when dividing by a two-digit number is a key long division skill — divide-by-whole-tens practice builds the intuition for estimating that is essential when the divisor has two digits.
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