Division Worksheet (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Stage 5



Use number lines for chunking. TU ÷ U

A piece of rope 204cm long is cut into 4 equal pieces.

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Start to make decisions about size of jump to make calculating more

Which of these gives the length of each piece in centime-

efficient.

tres?

A 204 ÷ 4

B 204 x 4

C 204 - 4

D 204 + 4

Harry worked out the correct answer to 70 ÷ 5. His answer

was 14. Show how he could have worked out his answer.

10 x 5

Make up some division questions that have a remainder of

3. How did you do it?

1/3 of 75 is 25. Write this as a division statement.

If you know 42 ÷ 6 = 7, what else do you know?

10 x3

Divide 4.2 by 6.

10 x 3

Would you use a mental, written or calculator meth-

x 3

od to solve each of these? Explain your choice.

23.5 × = 176.25

x 3

How many cartons of juice costing 30p each can I

buy with £2



Understand and describe the effect of dividing a number by 10, 100

If 7 × 8 = 56 what is 0.07 × 8? Give some other deci-

2700 ÷ 100

Each digit moves two columns to

mal facts that are linked to this multiplication fact.

the right and zero is used as a

What number multiplied by 8 gives 4.8?

place holder *

* reinforce that moving to the right means the columns are



Derive quickly all division facts corresponding to 1-12 times tables

worth less



Stage 6

How do you know that 234 is divisible by 3?

Bus stop method

Work out 261 ÷ 3. Explain each step.



Find a number between 350 and 360 that gives a

064 r 4



remainder of 5 when divided by 8.

Including remainders

324

A number that ends in the digits 52 is always divisible by

4. Give me an example where the statement is true. Can



Use chunking to solve HTU ÷ TU

you find an example when it is false? Why not?

Find different ways of completing this calculation:

Chunking uses

240 ÷ ? = ?

20 x 36

repeated subtraction.

John says: ‘I think three eighths of a day is 10 hours.’ Is

Taking away larger

x 36

he right?

‘chunks’ of the divisor.

2 x 36

Work out which is larger: 3/5of 480kg or 7/8 of 320kg.



Be able to find remainders in whole number form, fraction form and

Explain how you can use the fact 7 × 8 = 56 to find the

064 4/5

decimal form.

answer to 5.6 ÷ 0.8.

064.8

324



Know and use tests of divisibility

324.0

How many 250 ml cups of tea can you pour from a tea

urn that holds 8.5 litres?



Use known facts to solve similar division problems

Stage 7



Long division

A packet contains 1.5kg of rabbit food. Rennie feeds her

rabbit 30g of food each day. For how many days does the

packet of food last?

Lynne wants to raise £200. She is sponsored for £6.50 for

each lap. What is the least number of laps she must do?

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