MathsYear 6Multiplication & Division

Long division

Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a 2-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions or by rounding

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have 48 chocolate bars 🍫 to share equally between 4 friends. You'd hand them out one by one until all are gone.

  2. 2

    How many friends are we sharing 48 chocolate bars with? 🍫

  3. 3

    Let's do 48 ÷ 4 together, step by step. 📝

  4. 4

    Now try sharing 36 sweets 🍬 between 3 friends using this bar model.

  5. 5

    What is 36 ÷ 3? 🍬

  6. 6

    Now try 84 ÷ 7 using the number line — hop in jumps of 7.

  7. 7

    How many jumps of 7 to reach 84? That's 84 ÷ 7. 🐸

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