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Long division worksheets

A free five-page pack for 4th and 5th grade: learn to use long division to divide bigger numbers, with a worked example, practice pages, word problems and an answer key.

Download the long division pack(5 pages, color)Ink saver (B&W)

Watch it solved

54 sec · with voice and captions

A pencil works one example of each activity, so you can see how the worksheet goes before you print it. Tap a step to jump to it. The rest of the sheet is left for your child to finish.

Read what the video says
  1. 0:00 Let's practice long division, step by step.
  2. 0:03 Divide one place at a time, starting on the left. Each round has four steps: divide, multiply, subtract, bring down.
  3. 0:12 78 ÷ 2. Divide the tens: 7 ÷ 2 is 3. 3 × 2 = 6. Subtract, and bring down the 8: 18. 18 ÷ 2 is 9. So 78 ÷ 2 = 39.
  4. 0:31 Word problems. A school has 225 books to share equally among 3 classrooms. How many books does each classroom get? The answer is 75: 225 ÷ 3 = 75.
  5. 0:47 Great job! Now print the free worksheet, and finish the rest on your own.

How to do it

Divide one place at a time, starting on the left. Each round has four steps: divide, multiply, subtract, bring down. Then check by multiplying back.

Teaching tip

Write the four steps on a card children keep beside them. A silly sentence helps: Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers? (divide, multiply, subtract, bring down).

Try some

  • 99 ÷ 9Tap to check
  • 78 ÷ 2Tap to check
  • 77 ÷ 7Tap to check
  • 75 ÷ 3Tap to check
  • 306 ÷ 8Tap to check
  • 494 ÷ 4Tap to check
  • 920 ÷ 7Tap to check
  • 755 ÷ 3Tap to check

Word problems

A school has 225 books to share equally among 3 classrooms. How many books does each classroom get?Show answer

75 (225 ÷ 3 = 75)

Sara packs 707 cookies into plates of 6. How many full plates, and how many are left?Show answer

117 full plates, 5 left (707 ÷ 6 = 117 R5)

Leo walks 476 steps in 4 equal laps. How many steps are in each lap?Show answer

119 (476 ÷ 4 = 119)

A bus trip is 525 miles over 5 days, the same each day. How many miles a day?Show answer

105 miles (525 ÷ 5 = 105)

What the worksheets look like

Long division worksheet: how division works, then a first practice
Page 1: how division works, then a first practice
Long division worksheet: equal groups, fact families, remainders or long division
Page 2: equal groups, fact families, remainders or long division

Division facts chart

All the facts from ÷1 to ÷10 on one page, to keep and check.

Template(1 page, color)Ink saver (B&W)

Common questions

How do you teach long division?

Divide one place at a time, starting on the left. Each round has four steps: divide, multiply, subtract, bring down. Then check by multiplying back. Write the four steps on a card children keep beside them. A silly sentence helps: Does McDonald’s Sell Burgers? (divide, multiply, subtract, bring down).

What grade learns long division?

Usually 4th and 5th grade. In the Common Core it is part of 4.NBT.B.6, 5.NBT.B.6.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Page 5 has every answer from the pack and a short teaching tip.