Make learning division a treat with our engaging and hands-on Sharing Popcorn Worksheets! These early maths worksheets are designed to help young learners build a concrete understanding of division and equal sharing using visual supports and simple, real-life contexts. With popcorn pieces and buckets to guide the way, students solve problems by fairly sharing and recording their thinking.

Each worksheet includes a selection of simple word problems where students are asked to share a number of popcorn pieces between a given number of buckets. Using pictures, counters or drawings, students visually represent the sharing process before recording how many pieces go into each bucket. This clear, step-by-step approach helps develop foundational division concepts in a fun and familiar format.

Sharing Popcorn Worksheets are ideal for whole-class instruction, targeted small group sessions or independent practise during maths rotations. With opportunities for hands-on modelling and visual representation, this resource supports all learners in understanding how equal grouping works.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Understand the concept of division as equal sharing
• ✅ Use visual models to represent division problems
• ✅ Solve simple word problems using concrete and pictorial strategies
• ✅ Develop mathematical language and reasoning
• ✅ Begin writing matching division number sentences

What’s Included:

• Printable worksheet pages featuring sharing word problems
• Clear prompts to guide students through each step
• Illustrations of popcorn and buckets for visual support
• Black-and-white format for easy printing and colouring

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets (one per student or laminated for reuse)
• Pencils, crayons or markers
• Optional: manipulatives such as counters, playdough balls or popcorn cut-outs

How to Use:

1. Introduce the concept of sharing equally with a whole-class discussion or demonstration using real objects.
2. Model the first problem together, using counters or drawings to show equal groups.
3. Students read each word problem and draw or use counters to represent the total popcorn pieces.
4. They divide the pieces into the correct number of buckets and record how many are in each.
5. Optional: Students write a matching division number sentence to reflect their working out.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use in small guided maths groups to reinforce early division skills
• 💡 Include in a numeracy rotation alongside physical popcorn counters
• 💡 Pair with a story about sharing or food-themed books for cross-curricular links
• 💡 Use as a warm-up or consolidation task during your division unit

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Print on coloured paper and laminate for use with whiteboard markers
• 💛 Provide sentence starters or maths talk prompts to build confidence with explanations
• 💛 Use the extension task to challenge early finishers by introducing remainders
• 💛 Invite students to act out sharing problems with real objects or in dramatic play

Sharing Popcorn Worksheets are a fun and meaningful way to introduce division through equal sharing - supporting students to visualise, model and talk through early division problems with confidence.