Division by One Digit Divisors

What are you doing when you divide?

Take these 16 apples:

When we write the problem like this:

136 5 = 27 r 1
136 is the dividend

5 is the divisor

27 1 is the is the quotient remainder

When writing it like this:

5, the divisor, moves to here

27 r 1 1 is the remainder 5 136 27, the 136, the quotient, stays dividend, here moves here

The Family Method

Father = Find Mother = Multiply Sister = Subtract

Brother = Bring Down

Father = find the number closet to the first digit

2 711

In the 3s, the number closest to 7, but not more than 7, is 6 The other factor is 2 Put a 2 above the 7

Mother = multiply the number that is the factor that you found times the divisor

You found 2, multiply it times the divisor, 3

2 711 6

2 times 3 equals 6

2X3=6
Put a 6 under the 7

Sister = subtract the number you got by multiplying the divisor, from the number in the dividend
You got a 6 when you multiplied Subtract 6 from 7

76=1

2 3 711 6 1

The difference must be smaller than the divisor!!!

Brother = bring down the next number, from the number in the dividend

Bring down the next number in the dividend The new number you have is 11

2 1 3 711 6 11

Now start over again with Father for the tens

Now, lets do the second step

Father: 9 is the closest multiple,
the other factor you found is 3

Mother: 3 X 3 = 9, put a 9 under

the 11

Sister: subtract 9 from 11

11- 9 = 2

23 1 3 711 6 11 9 21

Brother: bring down the 1

Now, lets do the last step

2 37 Father: 21 is the closest 1 3 711 multiple, the other factor is 7 6 Mother: 7 X 3 = 21, put 21 under 11 the 21 9 Sister: subtract 21 from 21 21 21- 21 = 0 21 Brother: nothings left, youre done! 0

Now, lets practice!

Father Mother Sister Brother

2 6 864 4 8 8 06

Now, lets do the second step

Father Mother Sister Brother

21 64 4 864 8 06 4 24

Now, lets do the last step

Father Mother Sister Brother

2 16 6 4 864 8 06 4 24 24 0

Answer the following division sample:

1.) 546 3 = 2.) 500 4 = 3.) 425 5 = 4.) 675 9 = 5.) 441 7 =