Use times tables knowledge to find division answers quickly.
Where your child meets this in real life: Sharing equally, calculating unit prices, or solving rate problems
SEAGReady breaks division facts (inverse of times tables) into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Use multiplication facts to find division answers with easier tables (2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 10s)
Recognize that one multiplication fact gives two division facts and identify dividend vs divisor
Recall all division facts including the most challenging (7s, 8s, 9s)
Three free sample questions from our division facts (inverse of times tables) course. Every question comes with a full explanation, and hints that guide without giving the answer away.
Sean has 12 stickers to share equally among 4 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Answer: A. 3 stickers
Sean has 12 stickers to share among 4 friends. Ask: what times 4 equals 12? Recall: 4 x 3 = 12 So 12 / 4 = 3 Each friend gets 3 stickers.
Stuck? Start here: How many stickers in total? How many friends to share with?
Ciara knows that 5 x 7 = 35. Which TWO division facts can she write from this multiplication?
Answer: A. 35 / 5 = 7 and 35 / 7 = 5
From 5 x 7 = 35: The product (35) becomes what we divide. First fact: 35 / 5 = 7 Second fact: 35 / 7 = 5 One multiplication gives TWO division facts!
Stuck? Start here: In division facts from multiplication, the product (answer) always goes first.
A baker has 72 cupcakes to pack into boxes of 9. How many boxes will she fill?
Answer: C. 8 boxes
72 / 9 = ? Ask: what times 9 equals 72? Recall: 9 x 8 = 72 So 72 / 9 = 8 The baker fills 8 boxes.
Stuck? Start here: How many cupcakes go in each box? You need to divide.
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Niamh has 15 stickers to share equally among 3 friends.
How many stickers does each friend get?
15 ÷ 3 = ?
Step 1 of 4
Niamh has 15 stickers to share equally among 3 friends.
How many stickers does each friend get?
Each friend gets 5 stickers.
The key insight: Every division question is really asking: what times this equals that?
Watch out: 15 ÷ 3 = 45 (multiplying instead of dividing). Division finds how many groups, not the total. Think: 3 × ? = 15.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in division facts (inverse of times tables), including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Struggling with division facts (inverse of times tables)? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.