A matching worksheet that ties multiplication and division together for 3rd grade students, opening with a callout that if you know 4 × 6 = 24 you also know 24 ÷ 6 = 4. Thirteen numbered questions run through letter matching, a think-multiplication table, fact-family writing for trios like 4, 7, 28, and a which-one-does-not-belong round. The answer key explains each odd one out, naming the family it breaks.
3.OA.6
“Understand division as an unknown-factor problem. For example, find 32÷8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8.”
Part 2 directly: each division problem is solved by completing a multiplication sentence first, e.g. 8 × ______ = 72 before 72 ÷ 8.
3.OA.7
“Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.”
The matching pairs in Part 1 and the twelve family equations of Part 3 all stay within 100, ending at 9 × 5 = 45 and its three relatives.
Five multiplication facts (7 × 8 = 56 through 9 × 7 = 63) get matched by letter to five division equations in a side box, A through E.
A three-column table scaffolds five quotients. For 48 ÷ 6, students first complete 6 × ______ = 48, then write the quotient; 35 ÷ 5, 72 ÷ 8, 27 ÷ 3, and 64 ÷ 8 follow.
Three number trios (4, 7, 28; 6, 8, 48; 9, 5, 45) each need all four related equations written out in a boxed workspace.
In rows 11 to 13, students circle the intruder, such as 7 × 7 = 49 hiding among the 6, 7, 42 family equations.
After fact drills
Schedule this once students recall products but still freeze on division. Part 2's middle column shows them the move: turn 48 ÷ 6 into 6 × what.
Error analysis
Mark Part 4 as a class. 36 ÷ 6 = 6 in row 12 is true but belongs to a different family, which sparks a better argument than a plain wrong answer would.
Notebook reference
Have students glue the completed Part 3 boxes into their math journals as worked examples of the four-equation family structure.
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