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Division Strategies Worksheet

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📊 Part 1: Division Calculations

1. Use long division to solve these problems. Show your working.

a) 384 ÷ 12 = _______

b) 567 ÷ 21 = _______

2. Solve these division problems with remainders. Write your answer as a whole number and remainder.

a) 89 ÷ 7 = _______ remainder _______

b) 156 ÷ 11 = _______ remainder _______

3. Use mental division strategies to solve these quickly:

a) 240 ÷ 8 = _______

b) 450 ÷ 9 = _______

c) 320 ÷ 16 = _______

📝 Part 2: Word Problems

4. Sarah has 144 stickers to share equally among 18 friends. How many stickers will each friend receive?

Answer: _______________ stickers

5. A school bus can carry 48 students. If 275 students need transport, how many buses are needed?

Answer: _______________ buses

6. A baker has 95 muffins to pack into boxes of 12. How many full boxes can be made, and how many muffins will be left over?

Full boxes: _______________

Muffins left over: _______________

🤔 Part 3: Interpreting Remainders

7. For each situation below, decide what to do with the remainder. Circle the best answer.

Situation A: 73 children need to sit at tables of 8. How many tables are needed?
73 ÷ 8 = 9 remainder 1

9 tables (ignore remainder)

10 tables (round up)

9.125 tables (use decimal)

Situation B: 50 metres of ribbon is cut into 7-metre pieces. How many complete pieces can be made?
50 ÷ 7 = 7 remainder 1

7 pieces (ignore remainder)

8 pieces (round up)

7.14 pieces (use decimal)

8. Explain in your own words why different situations require different ways of dealing with remainders.

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