Grade 5 · Math · Lesson 8

Long Division with Remainders

Long division splits a big sharing problem into a series of small steps. You divide one place-value column at a time, repeating the same four moves until you run out of digits. When the divisor does not go in evenly, the leftover amount is called the remainder.

What this lesson teaches

1Divide a 2-digit or 3-digit dividend by a 1-digit divisor using the long-division algorithm
2Apply the four-step cycle of divide, multiply, subtract, and bring down until the dividend is finished
3Identify the quotient and the remainder in a division problem and write the answer in the form Q R r
4Check a division answer by multiplying quotient times divisor and adding the remainder

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