
Each new idea helped a little bit. I would see a lot of success IN class; students would be able to divide with a few reminders, but then once I gave them homework on it, the notes from home would start rolling in. The kids weren't retaining the steps long enough to be able to practice it at home.
How to Break Down Long Division

Then I'd use numbers that required subtraction for a remainder, but no bringing down. I created worksheets that allowed children to practice one step at a time (with examples and reminders at each stage in the directions) started to see fewer and fewer notes come back about frustration from parents and the children! These worksheets are available for purchase on my long division worksheets TPT page and I've received word from buyers that they are working for their students as well.

Make Long Division Tangible
Instead, they started to see what division REALLY IS. A few years ago a student wanted to know WHY we divide, multiply, subtract, and bring down. They wanted to know what all that has to do with actually breaking up a big number. The partial quotient method, along with the use of manipulatives, helped them see how they are actually dividing up that big number into a specified number of groups.Using the base ten blocks really helped the kids see what the algorithm was about. I know for certain that this worked, because months later, when we started converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa, the kids remembered how to do long division with remainders without missing a beat!





I use this and multiplication to get this done. It really helps! Great info.
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