✖️ 5th grade math · Multiply & Divide

Divide by two digits

Take out big groups first, then the rest. Check by multiplying.

Worked example

1164 ÷ 12 = ?

Answer: 97

Take out big groups first: 12 × 90 = 1080, and 1164 − 1080 = 84 is left. Then 12 × 7 = 84, so the quotient is 90 + 7 = 97. Answer: 97.

For grown-ups: Divide by 2-digit divisors. 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 5.NBT.B.6

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Practices divide by 2-digit divisors (5.NBT.B.6). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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2256 ÷ 24 = ?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 94
Take out big groups first: 24 × 90 = 2160, and 2256 − 2160 = 96 is left. Then 24 × 4 = 96, so the quotient is 90 + 4 = 94. Answer: 94.
1672 ÷ 22 = ?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 76
Take out big groups first: 22 × 70 = 1540, and 1672 − 1540 = 132 is left. Then 22 × 6 = 132, so the quotient is 70 + 6 = 76. Answer: 76.
1400 ÷ 20 = ?
Show the answer and how
Answer: 70
Take out big groups first: 20 × 70 = 1400, and 1400 − 1400 = 0 is left. Then 20 × 0 = 0, so the quotient is 70 + 0 = 70. Answer: 70.

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Learn first: Multiply bigger numbers (4th), Divide by one digit (4th)

Comes next: Long division (6th)

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Divide by two digits (5th grade)

2241 ÷ 27 = ?
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Divide by two digits (5th grade)

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