Grade 3 Football Division Worksheet + Answer Key

This free Grade 3 football division worksheet uses real Seahawks and Patriots statistics to practice division. It is part 2 of LitZone's eight-part football math series. The student PDF has 10 questions on one page, with a separate one-page answer key. Both carry the LitZone logo and are free for home, homeschool and classroom use.

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Print the student page on US Letter paper at actual size, or use fit-to-page on A4. Keep the answer key separate. A pencil and an eraser are enough; the graph activity also benefits from a ruler. Start with a short conversation about the skill, then let the child work at a comfortable pace. No account, email address or payment is needed to download these printables.

The real game behind the worksheet

Seattle played New England on February 8, 2026, at Levi's Stadium in California. Seattle won Super Bowl LX, 29-13. SEA means Seattle; NE means New England. These are historical results from the official NFL gamebook, not September 2026 results, forecasts or current roster claims. Player abbreviations show the teams they represented in that game. A carry is a run with the ball; a catch is also called a reception. Yardage tells us how much distance was credited to a player or team.

The game provides the numbers, but students do not need to have watched it. Read the directions together and identify what each number measures before starting. Keep yards, catches and scoreboard points distinct: a yard total is not a point total.

Make division a question about equal groups

The worksheet asks students to spread a yard total evenly across a real number of carries or catches. The unknown is the size of one group. Students can use counters, draw equal groups or recall a multiplication fact. Every printed dividend is at most 100, and both the divisor and the quotient are between 1 and 9. There are no remainders to interpret on this page.

Start with George Holani's six rushing yards on two carries. Draw two equal boxes, then share six counters between them. Three counters belong in each box. Write 6 / 2 = 3 and connect it to 2 x 3 = 6. In the football model, the answer is three yards per carry. Say the complete unit aloud; simply writing three can hide confusion about what was divided.

Not every real game total divides evenly. To keep this a whole-number division activity, selected yard totals are adjusted to the closest multiple of the actual number of plays. The carries and catches are never changed. The student page labels those totals as adjusted and describes the result as approximate. For example, 37 rushing yards on five carries becomes about 35 yards divided by five, giving about seven yards per carry.

Explain the model without teaching decimal division

An adult can explain the adjustment in a sentence: "We chose a nearby yard total so we can practice equal groups with whole numbers." The child does not need to reproduce the adjustment before solving. When two multiples are equally close, this worksheet uses the lower one. Five rushing yards on two carries therefore becomes four divided by two. That choice is stated in the answer key so adults can check the intended model consistently.

The answer does not claim that every actual run gained the same number of yards. It describes an even-share model based on the printed total. This distinction matters when a child has seen a long highlight and wonders how the average could be smaller.

If a learner reverses the dividend and divisor, ask which number is the total being shared and which number counts the groups. If a learner guesses an answer, check it by multiplication. A useful extension is to cover the yard total, provide the quotient and recover the printed total using the inverse operation. Keep the actual game total and adjusted classroom total visibly separate throughout the discussion.

Try the worksheet questions

Divide. Find about how many yards per carry or catch. Show your work. Yard totals are adjusted to nearby multiples for division practice. They are not official totals.

1. George Holani (SEA): about 6 rushing yards on 2 carries. Find about how many yards per carry.

2. Sam Darnold (SEA): about 4 rushing yards on 2 carries. Find about how many yards per carry.

3. Drake Maye (NE): about 35 rushing yards on 5 carries. Find about how many yards per carry.

4. Rhamondre Stevenson (NE): about 21 rushing yards on 7 carries. Find about how many yards per carry.

5. TreVeyon Henderson (NE): about 18 rushing yards on 6 carries. Find about how many yards per carry.

6. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA): about 28 receiving yards on 4 catches. Find about how many yards per catch.

7. Rhamondre Stevenson (NE): about 40 receiving yards on 5 catches. Find about how many yards per catch.

8. DeMario Douglas (NE): about 45 receiving yards on 5 catches. Find about how many yards per catch.

9. TreVeyon Henderson (NE): about 27 receiving yards on 3 catches. Find about how many yards per catch.

10. Austin Hooper (NE): about 10 receiving yards on 2 catches. Find about how many yards per catch.

Answer key and checking work

Try the student questions before opening these worked answers. The separate answer PDF uses the same numbering.

1. 6 / 2 = about 3 yards per carry

2. 4 / 2 = about 2 yards per carry

3. 35 / 5 = about 7 yards per carry

4. 21 / 7 = about 3 yards per carry

5. 18 / 6 = about 3 yards per carry

6. 28 / 4 = about 7 yards per catch

7. 40 / 5 = about 8 yards per catch

8. 45 / 5 = about 9 yards per catch

9. 27 / 3 = about 9 yards per catch

10. 10 / 2 = about 5 yards per catch

Grade 3 skill and classroom use

This activity practices 3.OA.A.3 within the Grade 3 Common Core mathematics standards. It is focused practice for that skill, not a complete assessment of everything in the standard. For example, a correct numeric answer alone does not show how a learner reasoned. Ask the child to explain one choice with words, a drawing or a written equation.

For a small group, have students solve independently first, then compare methods with a partner. One learner can read a question while the other identifies the useful numbers; swap roles on the next question. If a learner makes an error, return to the unit and the operation before correcting the arithmetic. Keep a brief note of the kind of support needed so the next practice session addresses it.

Continue the Grade 3 football math series

Choose the next skill your learner is practicing. Each post includes its own student PDF, worked answers and teaching suggestions.

• Multiplication practice
• Two-step word problems
• Addition within 1,000
• Subtraction within 1,000
• Rounding practice
• Fractions practice
• Bar graph practice

Build your own team in LitZone

When the worksheet is finished, build your own team in LitZone with a parent or teacher. Choose real NFL players and give the team a name. You can also explore our football math activities and fantasy football lesson plans for another classroom session. The PDFs in this series remain free to download and use.