Grades 4–5
Long Division: Four Digits by One Digit
Nine long division problems with four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, some with remainders.
Math worksheet · Division practice worksheets
What Do I Do with the Remainder?
Five division stories. Sometimes you round up, sometimes you drop the leftover and sometimes the leftover is the answer.
- Grade level
- Grades 4–5
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Division facts, Equal sharing and grouping, Remainders, Long division
What kids do
“Divide. Then decide: round up, drop the remainder, or is the remainder the answer?”
Printed on the sheet:
- 1 27 kids are going to the zoo. Each van holds 6 kids. How many vans are needed?
- 2 Mia has 50 inches of ribbon. Each bow takes 8 inches. How many whole bows can she make?
- 3 45 cookies are shared equally among 7 friends. How many cookies are left over?
- 4 A book has 100 pages. Leo reads 9 pages a day. How many days does it take him to finish the book?
- 5 38 students make teams of 4. The students left over help the coach. How many students help the coach?
Words on this sheet
vansbowscookiesdays
Teacher tip
This is a great discussion sheet. Ask kids to argue for their choice on each story.
How to use it
- Post the steps (divide, multiply, subtract, bring down) where everyone can see them.
- Ask kids to check two answers with multiplication before they hand it in.
- Do the first problem together under a document camera, then let kids finish on their own.
Watch for
Kids who skip the subtract step in long division and lose track. Have them say each step out loud.
Talk about it
- What does the remainder mean in this problem?
- Which problem was the hardest? What made it hard?
Take it further
Have kids make their own division wheel or fact triangle for a partner.
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