Multi-Digit Division (Grade 6)
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Common Core for Grade 6
More Lessons for Grade 6
Examples, solutions, videos, and lessons to help Grade 6 students learn to fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.
Common Core: 6.NS.2
Suggested Learning Targets
- I can divide multi-digit numbers.
- I can tell if my quotient is reasonable.
- I can divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm with speed and accuracy, without any math tools (i.e., calculator, multiplication chart).
Component Skills from Previous Grades
| 5.NBT.6 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. |
The following diagram gives some examples of long division. Scroll down the page for more examples and explanations on how to divide multi-digit numbers.
Long Division with 2-Digit Divisors
Example:
528 ÷ 2
528 ÷ 8
528 ÷ 24
528 ÷ 88
817,152 ÷ 38
6NS2 Dividing Multi-digit Numbers with Standard Algorithm - Part 1
Example:
7452 ÷ 54
8525 ÷ 20
6NS2 Dividing Multi-digit Numbers with Standard Algorithm part 2
Repeating Decimals in the quotient.
Example:
6432 ÷ 396
Why the Standard Algorithm for Long Division Works?
Dividing by a two digit number
Example:
7182 ÷ 42
2 × 3 Division: Learn how to solve 2 digit by 3 digit long division problems
Example:
528 divide by 43
228 divide by 43
Divide Multi Digit Numbers
Steps
- Divide
- Multiply
- Subtract
- Bring Down
- Repeat
Examples:
- 192 ÷ 8
- 278 ÷ 18
- 5,272 ÷ 64
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