Year 6 · Maths

Divide To Four Digits Long Division

Year 6 learners practise long division with remainders.

The activities include Divide Three-Digit Numbers Leaving Remainders as Decimals, Solve Problems Using Long Division, Understand How to Use Formal Long Division, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, lesson, interactive, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

Divide Three-Digit Numbers Leaving Remainders as Decimals
Solve Problems Using Long Division
Understand How to Use Formal Long Division
Understand Long Division Leaving Remainders as Fractions
Understand Long Division with Remainders
Use Long Division Leaving Remainders as Decimals

Checked learning resources

Dividing Decimals by Integers | KS2 Maths Concept Video

Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

KS2 video models short division with decimals and explains how whole-number division can continue into decimal places.
Year 6 Long Division: Three-Digit Numbers with Decimal Remainders Lesson Pack

Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

Year 6 lesson presentation and worksheets teach pupils to set out each division calculation for three-digit numbers using long division, converting a whole-number remainder into tenths and hundredths to produce a decimal
Use long division with fraction remainders

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Free Year 6 KS2 lesson on using long division with fraction remainders, including 4-digit by 2-digit calculations and writing the final remainder as a simplified fraction.
Long Division – Formal Written Method

Mathsframe · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

Free Year 6 interactive for formal long division, including 4-digit by 2-digit division and answers with remainders.
PlanIt Maths | Long Division Lesson Pack and Worksheets

Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

Year 6 PlanIt long-division lesson pack for formal written long division with 4-digit numbers and 2-digit divisors.
Use long division with fraction remainders worksheet and quiz downloads

Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

Free worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz downloads for the Oak lesson Use long division with fraction remainders.
Year 6 Maths Lesson Plan: Remainders in Long Division

Twinkl · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

missing: four; trusted source; year6/KS2 signal
Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers (Textbook Exercise)

Corbettmaths · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

Free textbook exercise for dividing decimal numbers by whole numbers, suitable practice for written decimal division calculations.