Division Sums for Class 3 — Free CBSE Worksheet PDF with Answers

Division is one of the four basic operations in Class 3 CBSE maths. In simple words, division is equal sharing — taking a number of objects and splitting them into equal groups. If you have 12 apples and share them equally between 3 friends, each friend gets 4 apples. That's division.

In Class 3, the NCERT textbook introduces division as the opposite of multiplication. If 3 × 4 = 12, then 12 ÷ 4 = 3 and 12 ÷ 3 = 4. Knowing your multiplication tables makes division much faster. That's why Class 3 students practise division facts and tables side-by-side.

This worksheet covers all the main division concepts a Class 3 student needs: equal sharing, equal grouping, the division fact family (dividend, divisor, quotient, remainder), division with remainder, short division, long division with 1-digit divisors, and simple division word problems.

Division facts are short, memorised statements like 12 ÷ 4 = 3 or 20 ÷ 5 = 4. Each one comes directly from a multiplication fact. Because 4 × 3 = 12, we also know 12 ÷ 4 = 3 and 12 ÷ 3 = 4. Together, these four numbers make a fact family — remember one, remember them all.

Class 3 students should be fluent with division facts for tables 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10, and should also be comfortable with tables 6, 7, 8, and 9 by the end of the year. Ten minutes of daily practice with these facts makes every division problem — even long division — feel easy.

Not every division problem gives a clean answer. When we try to share 10 chocolates equally between 3 children, each child gets 3 chocolates and 1 chocolate is left over. That leftover is called the remainder. In maths we write this as 10 ÷ 3 = 3, remainder 1.

Class 3 CBSE introduces division with remainder using real-world examples: sharing sweets, arranging chairs in rows, packing balloons into bunches. The rule is simple — the remainder must always be smaller than the divisor. If you try to divide 17 by 5, the answer is 3 with remainder 2, because 5 × 3 = 15 and 17 − 15 = 2.

Long division is how Class 3 students solve bigger division sums like 96 ÷ 4 or 135 ÷ 5. It follows a clear four-step cycle — divide, multiply, subtract, bring down — that repeats until there are no more digits. Each step uses the multiplication tables students already know.

For 96 ÷ 4: first, look at the tens digit 9. How many 4s go into 9? Two, because 2 × 4 = 8. Write 2 on top. Subtract 8 from 9, get 1. Bring down the next digit, 6, to make 16. Now ask — how many 4s go into 16? Four, because 4 × 4 = 16. Write 4 on top. Subtract 16, get 0. So 96 ÷ 4 = 24, with no remainder.

Word problems are where division shows up in real life. A Class 3 word problem might say: Radha has 24 stickers. She wants to share them equally among her 6 friends. How many stickers does each friend get? Answer: 24 ÷ 6 = 4 stickers each.

The trick for solving division word problems is reading carefully and asking one question: is this problem about equal sharing (how many each?) or equal grouping (how many groups?). Both use the same division sum, but the wording is different. This worksheet includes 10 word problems at three difficulty levels so Class 3 students can get comfortable with both types.