A number of online interactive game sites focus on reinforcing math skills. This is a good way for students to practice various concepts and gain speed. Recommended sites for math and division practice include Funbrain and Gamequarium (see Resources). The site Internet 4 Classrooms (see Resources) provides a comprehensive list of interactive sites that provide reinforcement of concepts according to subject and grade level. Students are drawn to using technology and enjoy playing the competitive games.
Prepare by creating enough division problems for each student to complete one or two. Using an answer key, label a plastic egg with one answer to each problem. Fill the eggs with small treats such as erasers or candy. Hide the eggs in the classroom or outside ahead of time. Provide each student with a note card with a division problem with two-digit numbers. Ask students to solve the problem, showing their work, and then hunt to find the egg with the matching solution. They get to keep the treats inside their eggs.
This is good practice for students to do with a partner at their desks. Provide each pair with a deck of cards with the face cards removed (or face cards can be valued at zero). Shuffle the cards, then deal two cards face up; this is the divisor. Deal two more cards face up; this is the dividend. Use a whiteboard to solve the division problem and check the answer with the partner.
Multiplication and division are inverse operations and can be used to check the answer to a problem. Create a list of division problems and their equivalent multiplication inverse so enough problems are available for everyone in the class to have one. Write problems on note cards and distribute one to each student. Students need to solve the problem they are given and then silently hunt around the room for the person with the inverse problem. This can be repeated multiple times.