Dividing by a 2-digit number

The sheet drills the standard long division algorithm with a two-digit divisor.

• Divide, multiply, subtract, bring down: 87 ÷ 32 gives 2, and 87 − 64 = 23
• Record a quotient digit for every digit brought down
• Keep the remainder smaller than the divisor: 9,754 ÷ 21 = 464 R 10
• Find a remainder alone for large dividends such as 3,592,108 ÷ 16

Dividing four-digit dividends by two-digit divisors is 5.NBT.B.6; fluent use of the standard algorithm is 6.NS.B.2.

Print page one. Before starting, walk through the solved division a so your child sees where each red digit goes.

• Use the grid squares to keep the columns lined up.
• Copy the quotient into the red Answer box and what is left into the blue Remainder box.
• For questions e to g, work on scrap paper, then tick one box.

Check with multiplication: 125 × 12 + 4 = 1,504. Page two shows each division step by step.

• Skipping a zero in the quotient when a brought-down number is smaller than the divisor.
• A remainder that is too big: 19 cannot be the remainder when dividing by 19, so that choice can be ruled out at once.
• Subtracting from the wrong column when the digits drift out of line.

If the remainder questions feel long, have your child estimate the quotient first. Then move on to three-digit divisors.