Long Division Practice

Year 6 MathsFour Operations3 pages

About this worksheet

Thirty division questions across three levels for Year 6 maths. Pupils warm up with short division like 384 รท 4, move to long division with two-digit divisors such as 1092 รท 14, then interpret remainders as decimals, fractions and in word problems. All 30 answers are included. Matched to the England National Curriculum long division objectives.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Number โ€” addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

โ€œDivide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by roundingโ€

The level-up and challenge sections cover the method and all three ways of handling remainders.

What's inside this worksheet

Warm up: Short Division

Twelve questions like 567 รท 9 to secure the basics.

Level up: Long Division (Two-Digit Divisors)

Twelve questions with working space, such as 1536 รท 16.

Challenge: Interpret the Remainder

Six mixed questions, including how many full boxes of 24 apples you can pack from 500.

Answer key

All 30 answers listed.

How teachers use it

Fluency practice

Twelve graded questions per section suit a full practice lesson after modelling the method.

Intervention group

Start at the short-division warm-up with pupils whose method breaks down.

Homework

Set one section per night across the week; the key makes self-marking possible.

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