It's essential that pupils understand how and why the digits move when they're dividing by 10, 100 or 1000. In this video we just look at dividing whole numbers but the principles apply in the same way to decimals.

How to Divide a Whole Number by 10, 100 or 1,000

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Interpreting remainders is an area pupils often struggle with. Here, we use pictorial representations to show how you can support pupils to identify whether to round their remainder up or down given the context of the question.

How to Interpret Remainders in Context

When solving division problems pupils in Year 5 and 6 are expected to interpret any remainders appropriately for the context. This video gives a short introduction to writing remainders as decimals or fractions.

How to Write Remainders Three Ways

Pupils can model the process involved in long division pictorially to help build a solid conceptual understanding. Watch this video to see one way of doing this by drawing circles.

How to Represent Long Division Pictorially

Pupils are introduced to the formal method of long division in Year 6. This video demonstrates the abstract method and shows the steps you need to teach your pupils. 


Maths In Minutes

How to Divide a Whole Number by 10, 100 or 1,000

More in this series: Division Part 2: Upper KS2

Resources to raise maths attainment for all pupils

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