Inverse Operations Worksheet – Multiplication & Division

- Year groups
- Years 4–5
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Multiplication, Division, Multiplication and Division, Maths
- Topic
- Inverse Operations, Writing Sums
- Resource types
- Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
- Preparation
- Print ready
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Write two multiplication sums and two division sums that connect the same set of three related numbers.
Recognize multiplication and division as inverse operations that use the same three numbers in different arrangements.
Generate an original fact family of three related numbers and write its four corresponding sums.
Teaching tips
Review the worked Q1 example (7, 70, 10) as a class before assigning the remaining given-number items, since it's the only fully modeled fact family in the file.
Assign page 1 (given numbers) first and page 2 (student-chosen numbers) as a follow-up once students are comfortable with the pattern.
Since there is no answer key, check page 1 answers against the fixed number triples, and review page 2 responses individually since students choose their own numbers.
Skills covered
Fact-family construction — students write two multiplication and two division sums that connect the same three numbers (e.g., 7, 70, 10 → 7 × 10 = 70, 70 ÷ 7 = 10).
Inverse-operation reasoning — students apply the relationship between multiplication and division to derive all four sums from one triple.
Independent number selection — students choose their own related number triples and construct a valid fact family from them.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
Are all twelve fact-family prompts set up the same way?
No — Q1-Q6 supply three numbers for students to work with, while Q7-Q12 give no numbers at all, asking students to choose their own three related numbers first.
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Fact families
Inverse operations
Multiplication and division relationships
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