Having students practice their skills on worksheets allows them to answer test-like questions without worrying about receiving a grade. Start them off with simple worksheets that focus on basic short division. Separate long division with no remainders and division with remainders at first to keep in line with what you have just taught. Ultimately, though, you should give them a worksheet that mixes all these different types so that they are prepared for class and state examinations.
Set up a Jeopardy! board in the classroom or divide the class into several teams and ask them trivia questions. You might award a small prize for the student or team that has the most points at the end of the game. Take the class to the computer lab to play some online games. Let them choose from a selection of games such as Farm Freak Out, Snagger's Pond and Ping Pong the Panda.
Using WebQuests will help students to see some of the important real life applications of division. For example, the students could visit the Dealing with Devilish Division WebQuest. They will learn how to solve long division problems, but also how to check their answers to see if they are correct. With Make Room!, the students will see how division comes into play when they need to create a budget with various components to it.
Word problems allow students to see the connections that division has to every day life. Furthermore, they provide a break from a long worksheet full of division problems. In addition to calculating word problems, the students can also create word problems. Divide them up into groups and ask them to create five word problems per group. They will all exchange word problems and solve the word problems created by their classmates.