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Long division: 6th grade math

Standard long division algorithm. A free 6th grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: standard long division algorithm.

Teach (10 min)

  • Work one digit at a time: divide, multiply, subtract, bring down the next digit.
  • Check by multiplying: if 612 ÷ 4 = 153, then 153 × 4 must be 612.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/base10.div?lesson=6-base10-div-1&at=6

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Use the first three questions on the printable sheet as a slip.

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Long division (6th grade)

  1. Find 385 ÷ 7. The answer is a whole number.
    7385
  2. Find 234 ÷ 3. The answer is a whole number.
    3234
  3. Find 574 ÷ 7. The answer is a whole number.
    7574
  4. Find 224 ÷ 7. The answer is a whole number.
    7224
  5. Find 273 ÷ 3. The answer is a whole number.
    3273
  6. Find 4,949 ÷ 7. The answer is a whole number.
    74,949
  7. Find 5,490 ÷ 6. The answer is a whole number.
    65,490
  8. Find 460 ÷ 4. The answer is a whole number.
    4460
  9. Find 7,335 ÷ 9. The answer is a whole number.
    97,335
  10. Find 2,319 ÷ 3. The answer is a whole number.
    32,319
  11. Find 702 ÷ 13. The answer is a whole number.
    13702
  12. Find 506 ÷ 22. The answer is a whole number.
    22506
Key
  1. 55
  2. 78
  3. 82
  4. 32
  5. 91
  6. 707
  7. 915
  8. 115
  9. 815
  10. 773
  11. 54
  12. 23

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