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Dividing by 4 Worksheets

If you need dividing by 4 worksheets that you can print right now, this page builds them for you — 20 fresh problems, an answer key underneath, and no account to create first. The version loaded below opens with items in the shape of 32 ÷ 4 and 12 ÷ 4; the key lists 8 and 3 next to their question numbers.

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🎲 New set of problems

‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

What these worksheets cover

There are two everyday meanings of division: sharing between groups, and measuring how many groups fit. A child who only holds the first is stumped when 28 ÷ 4 is phrased the second way.

Checking is easy and almost nobody does it: multiply the answer back. If 3 times the divisor does not return the original number, something is wrong.

Division is multiplication read backwards, and a child who is fluent with the tables sees 32 ÷ 4 and produces 8 directly. A child who is not fluent has to search, and the search is what makes division feel slow and unpleasant.

The problems here use dividing multiples of 4 by 4. Where a remainder appears, the sheet writes it explicitly so the child has to state both parts of the answer.

These dividing by 4 worksheets are commonly aligned with the division expectations for this grade, and the skill appears in most curricula somewhere around this point.

Examples taken from this worksheet

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (dividing multiples of 4 by 4).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
132 ÷ 4 =8Watch for: losing zeros in the quotient
212 ÷ 4 =3Check: searching the tables one by one
328 ÷ 4 =7Look at: dropping the remainder
44 ÷ 4 =1Ask about: reversing the two numbers
524 ÷ 4 =6Watch for: guessing the quotient and not adjusting
636 ÷ 4 =9Check: writing the remainder as a decimal by accident

A worked example from this sheet

A good first problem to do together is 32 ÷ 4, which comes out at 8. Do 32 ÷ 4 once with the child narrating, then hand over the pencil and start the clock on the other 20 problems.

Take the first problem on the sheet as it stands, 32 ÷ 4. Work 32 ÷ 4 out on paper rather than in your head the first few times, say each step aloud, and check the result against 8 on the key before moving on.

The three errors worth watching for

Using this sheet as a daily drill

  1. If two days in a row come out under 6 minutes with everything correct, that is the signal to move up: either numbers bigger than 32 ÷ 4 uses, or the next skill in the sequence.
  2. Keep the session to about 6 minutes. A child working at this level who is still counting on fingers will need longer than that on a line like 32 ÷ 4, and that is fine: the timer is a measurement, never a punishment.
  3. Mark it together straight away while the working is still fresh, so a slip like the one behind 28 ÷ 4 can be talked through instead of guessed at.
  4. Write the finish time and the score at the top of every sheet. Two weeks of those two numbers tells you more about progress on dividing by 4 than any single test result.
  5. Re-print the same skill rather than the same sheet. Because the numbers change, a child who memorised that 32 ÷ 4 gives 8 still has to actually calculate tomorrow.

The answer key

Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.

Every generated sheet carries its own key on a separate printed page, which lets a child self-mark without seeing the answers while they work.

Printing on US Letter or A4

To save these dividing by 4 worksheets instead of printing them, choose 'Save as PDF' in the printer list. You get the worksheet and the answer key as a single PDF, on Letter or A4 depending on your printer settings.

Portrait orientation is what the sheet is designed for. Landscape works but wastes about a third of the paper, so leave the orientation alone unless you have a reason.

Frequently asked questions

Should remainders be written as R, as fractions or as decimals?
Follow the school's convention. This sheet uses the R form because it is the one used when division is first taught.
How can I make division faster?
Improve the times tables. Division speed is almost entirely a function of multiplication recall, which is why the table pages are linked below.
Will these print correctly on A4?
Yes. These dividing by 4 worksheets fit both A4 and US Letter without clipping, as long as print scaling is left at 100% and browser headers and footers are switched off.
How many different sheets can I make?
As many as you want. The numbers are randomised each time, so printing five sheets in a row gives five different sets of 20 problems on the same skill.

Keep the finished dividing by 4 worksheets in date order — the drop in time across ten sheets is the clearest progress report you will get.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13