Second Grade Division Worksheets
Understanding Division
Welcome to the Math Salamanders Second Grade Division Worksheets.
Here you will find a wide range of free printable 2nd Grade Division Worksheets, which will help your child understand how division works as both sharing and grouping.
These sheets are a great way to introduce division in a clear way with a familiar context.
Second Grade Division Worksheets
Here you will find a selection of Second Grade Division sheets designed to help your child understand what division is and how it works.
The sheets are graded so that the easier ones are at the top.
Using these sheets will help your child to:
- develop an understanding of division;
- to understand division as sharing and as grouping.
- understand the terminology and how to read a division sentence.
Quicklinks to...
- What is Division as Sharing
- What is Division as Grouping
- Examples of Sharing and Grouping
- Understanding Division as Sharing Worksheets
- Understanding Division as Grouping Worksheets
- Parts of a Division Sentence Worksheets
- Understanding Division as Sharing and Grouping Online Quiz
- More related Math resources
What is the difference between division as sharing and grouping?
What is Division as Sharing?
- This image shows 8 apples shared equally between 2 of the math salamanders.
- They get 4 each.
- 8 ÷ 2 = 4
How many times have you shared out cookies or candy and had to make sure that everyone gets the same amount?
This is division as sharing.
Division as sharing is when you have a fixed number of people, or groups, and you share a number of items out equally between them.
You are finding out how many each person gets, or how many is in each group.
What is Division as Grouping?
- This image shows 8 socks put into groups of 2.
- The socks make 4 equal groups of 2.
- 8 ÷ 2 = 4
When we put socks into pairs, or eggs into boxes of 6, or sort kids into teams of 4 then we are putting them into equal groups.
This is division as grouping.
Division as grouping is when you have a fixed group size and you are putting a number of objects into groups of the same size.
You are finding out how many complete same-size groups you can make.
So what's the difference?
Division as sharing is when we share an amount equally between a number of fixed groups and find out how many we end up with in each group.
Division as grouping is when we put an amount into same-size groups and we see how many of these groups we can make.
The difference may seem small but it is important that students understand that both of these situations relates to division.
Sharing or Grouping... some examples
Example 1) I have 20 candies. I share them equally between myself and my 3 friends. How many candies will we each get?
In this example, the 20 candies are being shared out into 4 equal groups.
It is Division by Sharing.
To answer this problem we need to work out 20 ÷ 4 = 5 candies each
Example 2) Sally has 20 playing cards. She puts them into piles of 4 cards. How many piles will there be?
In this example, the 20 playing cards are being put into groups of 4 cards.
It is Division by Grouping.
To answer this problem we need to work out 20 ÷ 4 = 5 piles.
Understanding Division as Sharing
These worksheets involve sharing out a number of objects into equal groups, e.g. sharing into 3 equal groups.
Understanding Division as Grouping
These worksheets involve putting objects into groups of piles of the same amount, e.g. groups of 4.
Understanding Division as Grouping Walkthrough Video
This short video walkthrough shows the problems from our Understanding Division as Grouping Sheet 2 being solved and has been produced by the West Explains Best math channel.
If you would like some support in learning how division works and solving the problems on these sheets, check out the video!
Parts of a Division Sentence Worksheets
These sheets will support learning of the correct vocabulary for a division sentence.
The terms covered are: the dividend, the divisor and the quotient.
Looking for some harder division sheets?
We have some 3rd Grade Division worksheets.
This page focuses on working out division facts related to the multiplication table.
We also have long division worksheets for 3rd grade both with and without remainders.
More Recommended Math Resources
Take a look at some more of our worksheets similar to these.
More 2nd Grade Division Worksheets
We have a selection of division worksheets designed for 2nd grade students on our 2nd-grade-math-salamanders website.
These worksheets will also help in understanding division and solving simple division problems.
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Math Division Games
Here you will find a range of Free Printable Division Games to help kids learn their division facts.
Using these games will help your child to learn their division facts, and also to develop their memory and strategic thinking skills.
Division Flashcards
Here you will find a selection of Division Flashcards designed to help your child learn their division facts.
There are two sets of cards for each set of facts, the first set contains only the facts, the second contains the facts and the answers.
There are different sets of flashcards for each of the division facts that relate to the multiplication table.
Using these sheets will help your child to:
- learn their division facts for the multiplication table.
Second Grade Fraction Worksheets
Here you will find a range of free printable 2nd Grade Fraction Worksheets. At a Second Grade level, children are introduced to a half, and half-way points on number lines. They are able to shade in half of a shape, and know that a half represents half of a whole.
Using these sheets will help your child to:
- understand what a half is;
- shade in half of a shape;
- find different numbers involving 'halves' on a number line;
- find half of different numbers up to 20.
All the free Second Grade Math Worksheets in this section support Elementary Math Benchmarks for Second Grade.
Understanding Division Online Quiz
This quick quiz tests your understanding of division as sharing and division as grouping.
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Understanding Division as Sharing Online Quiz
This quick quiz tests your understanding of division as sharing out equally into a fixed number of groups.
Understanding Division as Grouping Online Quiz
This quick quiz tests your understanding of division as putting into equal groups.
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