Division word problems with arrays and measurement bring Grade 3 maths into familiar situations: arranging counters in rows, cutting ribbon into equal lengths, packing potatoes by mass and sharing liquid between containers. These printable task cards ask children to decide what is being divided, what an equal group represents and which division fact solves the problem. The numbers stay within 100, so the challenge is interpreting each situation rather than working with unwieldy calculations.

Two Ways Division Appears

Array questions describe totals arranged in equal rows. Sometimes students know the number of rows and need to find how many objects belong in each row. Other questions give the number of objects per row and ask for the number of rows. That change matters: a child must identify whether the missing quantity is the group size or the number of groups.

Measurement problems extend that reasoning beyond individual objects. Children divide a 28 cm ribbon into equal pieces, share litres of juice between containers, and find the mass of potatoes in equally filled bags. One task reverses the usual sharing question by giving the length of each rope piece and asking how many pieces can be cut. Answers retain the relevant units, connecting numerical division to practical measurement.

What Students Actually Do

The mix of question formats checks more than a final answer:

• Multiple-choice problems ask students to select a correct quotient, number of rows or division equation.
• Fill-in-the-blank equations require an unknown number in an array or measurement calculation.
• True-or-false statements challenge students to check whether an array description matches a proposed division fact.
• Short-answer questions ask for a division equation and an answer, sometimes with a measurement unit.

Students can sketch equal rows or divided lengths on scrap paper to support their thinking, then record a concise response. The task cards themselves provide all the numbers needed in words; there is no separate diagram that children must interpret to begin.

Included and Ready for Classroom Use

• Individually numbered printable task cards focused on division in arrays and measurement contexts.
• A matching recording sheet with numbered answer spaces.

Because each question is self-contained, teachers can distribute cards across a maths centre or around the room for a task-card walk without directing everyone to start at the same point. They also suit partner problem-solving, independent practice, small-group review or a focused follow-up after a lesson on equal groups.

The value of this resource is its deliberate contrast between objects in rows and measured quantities split into parts. Students must pay attention to the total, the size or number of groups, and the units in the question—precisely the details that make division word problems different from bare number sentences.