Division Strategies
Learn to divide by sharing equally, using arrays, and relating division to known multiplication facts.
What You Need to Know
Key Concept Diagram
Division is sharing a quantity into equal groups (partitive) or finding how many groups fit (quotitive).
Arrays work for division: remove the total and find how many are in each row.
Known multiplication facts are the fastest way to solve division: if 6×4=24, then 24÷6=4.
A remainder is the amount left over when a number does not divide exactly.
Key Vocabulary
dividend
The number being divided.
divisor
The number you are dividing by.
quotient
The answer to a division problem.
remainder
The amount left over after dividing as evenly as possible.
Knowledge Check
Select the correct answer for each question. Click "Check Answer" to see if you are right.
Question 1
27 ÷ 3 = ?
Question 2
20 apples are shared equally among 4 children. How many does each child get?
Question 3
What is the remainder when 17 is divided by 5?
Key Concepts Summary
- ●Division is sharing a quantity into equal groups (partitive) or finding how many groups fit (quotitive).
- ●Arrays work for division: remove the total and find how many are in each row.
- ●Known multiplication facts are the fastest way to solve division: if 6×4=24, then 24÷6=4.
- ●A remainder is the amount left over when a number does not divide exactly.