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✖️ 4th grade math · Multiply & Divide

Divide by one digit

Sometimes things don't share out evenly. What's left is the remainder. 17 ÷ 5 is 3 groups of 5 with 2 left over: 3 R 2.

Worked example

16 ÷ 4 = ? with how many left over?
Answer: 4 R 0
How many 4s fit into 16? 4 × 4 = 16. So 4 groups with nothing left over: 4 R 0.

For grown-ups: Divide 4-digit ÷ 1-digit. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 4.NBT.B.6
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Practices divide 4-digit ÷ 1-digit (4.NBT.B.6). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. 12 ÷ 2 = ? with how many left over?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 6 R 0
    How many 2s fit into 12? 2 × 6 = 12. So 6 groups with nothing left over: 6 R 0.
  2. 40 ÷ 9 = ? with how many left over?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 4 R 4
    How many 9s fit into 40? 9 × 4 = 36, and 9 × 5 = 45 is too many. So 4 groups, and 40 − 36 = 4 left over: 4 R 4.
  3. 26 ÷ 5 = ? with how many left over?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 5 R 1
    How many 5s fit into 26? 5 × 5 = 25, and 5 × 6 = 30 is too many. So 5 groups, and 26 − 25 = 1 left over: 5 R 1.

Before and after

Learn first: Times as many (4th)

Comes next: Multiply the standard way (5th), Divide by two digits (5th)

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Divide by one digit (4th grade)

  1. 45 ÷ 5 = ? with how many left over?
  2. 8 ÷ 2 = ? with how many left over?
  3. 16 ÷ 2 = ? with how many left over?
  4. 45 ÷ 5 = ? with how many left over?
  5. 9 ÷ 3 = ? with how many left over?
  6. 21 ÷ 5 = ? with how many left over?
  7. 35 ÷ 4 = ? with how many left over?
  8. 29 ÷ 7 = ? with how many left over?
  9. 55 ÷ 7 = ? with how many left over?
  10. 60 ÷ 9 = ? with how many left over?
  11. 59 ÷ 8 = ? with how many left over?
  12. 29 ÷ 8 = ? with how many left over?

Answer key

  1. 9 R 0
  2. 4 R 0
  3. 8 R 0
  4. 9 R 0
  5. 3 R 0
  6. 4 R 1
  7. 8 R 3
  8. 4 R 1
  9. 7 R 6
  10. 6 R 6
  11. 7 R 3
  12. 3 R 5

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