Dividing

Overview

Your student will be learning:

how to divide four digit numbers by two-digit numbers using the standard method, objects or models.
how to divide decimals up to the hundredths place by two-digit numbers using the standard method, objects or models.

Resources

Videos
- A Different Way to do Long Division. Rick McCleary explains the Forgiving Method of long division. It can be completed by multiplying by 1, 10, 100 and 1000's.
- Division Using the Standard Algorithm. Mr. Martinez explains the standard method of division broken into steps.
- Dividing a Decimal by a Whole Number. This division video shows the standard method of dividing a decimal with a whole number, while explaining each step.
Free Apps

Long Division Touch

Your child can practice the steps of long division.

Dare to Share Fairly

A visual math tool that shows the process of long division.

Math Planet

This is a self-paced game app with over 100 levels based on different concepts, such as number sense, multiplication, place value, addition and subtraction, fractions, measurement and geometry.

Websites
- The Quotient Cafe. Illuminations is a project designed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics that offers interactive games for children.
- Shopping: Decimal Division to the Tenths Place. In this interactive game from education.com, kids shop for fun objects while practicing decimal division.
- The Decimals Cruncher. Coolmath.com is a free online game resource. This game allows your child to choose a level and encourages mental strategies.
Books
- The Multiplying Menace Divides by Pam Calvert. Your child will fall in love with this math adventure and learn all about dividing by whole numbers and fractions, as well as division rules for equations involving zero.

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