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
Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.
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)
Recognise that one multiplication fact gives two division facts and identify dividend vs divisor
Recall all division facts including the most challenging (7s, 8s, 9s)
Try three free questions from our division facts (inverse of times tables) course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.
Adam has 12 stickers to share equally among 4 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?
Millie knows that 6 × 9 = 54. She needs to find 54 ÷ 6. What is the answer, and what is the OTHER division fact?
Orla collects trading cards. She has 72 cards and fits exactly 8 cards on each page of her album, so she fills 9 complete pages. She then gets 9 more cards and adds them to the album, filling complete pages first. How many cards are on the last page she uses?
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Emily has 15 stickers to share equally among 3 friends.
How many stickers does each friend get?
15 ÷ 3 = ?
Ask: what times 3 equals 15?
Step 1 of 4
Emily 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?
Common mix-up: 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.
Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.
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.
Free to start · no card needed