➕ 4th Grade Math · Unit 4
Dividing Multi-Digit Numbers
9 short narrated lessons in 2 chapters, each with pictures, a quiz with a hint and a second try, and an explanation for every answer.
Standards: 4.NBT.B.6 4.OA.A.3



What your child will learn
Division with remainders
- What Is a Remainder?Divide a number into equal groups and name the amount left over as the remainder.
- Dividing Tens and HundredsDivide multiples of ten, one hundred and one thousand by a one-digit number using basic facts.
- What Do We Do with the Remainder?Decide whether to drop, round up or use the remainder to answer a division word problem.
- Division with Remainders Review ReviewReview dividing with remainders and deciding what to do with a remainder.
Dividing bigger numbers
- Division with an Area ModelDivide a three-digit number by a one-digit number using an area model with unknown side lengths.
- Partial QuotientsDivide a multi-digit number by a one-digit number by subtracting easy multiples of the divisor.
- Dividing Four-Digit NumbersDivide a four-digit number by a one-digit number, recording each step by place value.
- Dividing Bigger Numbers Review ReviewReview dividing up to four-digit numbers by one-digit divisors.
- Unit 4 Test: Dividing Big NumbersShow what you learned in the whole unit (Division with remainders, Dividing bigger numbers) by answering mixed questions.
Try a question from this unit
From the lesson “What Is a Remainder?”
What is 17 ÷ 5?
Show the answer
3 R2. 5 times 3 is 15, and 17 minus 15 is 2. So 17 divided by 5 is 3 remainder 2.
Hint kids see after a wrong try: “Which multiple of 5 is closest to 17 without going over?”
Key words
- remainder
- quotient
- divisor
- dividend
- basic fact
- interpret
- area model
- partial quotients
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