Division: 3-Digit by 1-Digit Worksheets

- Year groups
- Primary, Years 5–6
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Division, Maths
- Topic
- Maths, Division
- Resource types
- Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
- Preparation
- Print ready
- England expectations
- Year 5 · Multiplication and division
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students will divide a three-digit number by a one-digit divisor to find an exact quotient.
Students will divide a three-digit number by a one-digit divisor and express the leftover amount as a remainder.
Students will apply long division fluently across a mix of different one-digit divisors on the same page.
Teaching tips
Start with Worksheet Set 1 (single divisor, no remainder) before introducing Set 3's remainder problems, since the sets build from simpler to more complex divisor and remainder combinations.
Use the guide page's described button feature to generate fresh problem sets for repeated practice, if the delivered file is the interactive version rather than the static pages sampled here.
Check student work against the fully worked answer key page, which shows each quotient (and remainder, where applicable) directly beneath its problem.
Skills covered
Three-digit by one-digit long division — students divide numbers like 927 or 707 by a single-digit divisor.
Remainder interpretation — students express a division result with a leftover amount as a remainder rather than rounding or ignoring it.
Mixed-divisor division practice — students apply long division across several different divisors within the same worksheet.
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How do the four worksheet sets in this bundle differ from one another?
Set 1 uses one divisor at a time with exact answers, Set 2 mixes several divisors together with exact answers, Set 3 uses one divisor at a time but every answer has a remainder, and Set 4 mixes divisors with remainders in every answer.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
- Year 5 · Multiplication and division — England Year 5 Mathematics: divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context.
Core concepts
Long division
Remainders
Division facts
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