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Grade 4 · Number · Lesson 2

Divide Larger Numbers

Split a dividend into friendly parts and use multiplication to check the quotient.

Worked example

Solve 156 ÷ 3

  1. 1. Split 156: 150 + 6
  2. 2. Divide each part: 150 ÷ 3 = 50 and 6 ÷ 3 = 2
  3. 3. Combine and check: 50 + 2 = 52, and 52 × 3 = 156

156 ÷ 3 = 52

When something remains

Share the remainder when the context allows it

If 98 metres of ribbon is shared equally among 4 groups, each group gets 24 metres with 2 metres left. The 2 remaining metres can be shared as quarters: 2 ÷ 4 = 2/4 = 1/2.

98 ÷ 4 = 24 1/2