What this covers
Short Division is taught in Year 5 (age 9 to 10, KS2) as a main teaching focus. It sits in the Number strand.
Worked example
Calculate 4323
- 43 = 1 remainder 1; carry 1 to make 13
- 133 = 4 remainder 1; carry 1 to make 12
- 123 = 4 with no remainder
- Combine quotients to get 144
Answer: 144
Difficulty scale
The sheet generator offers five difficulty settings for this topic.
- 2-digit dividend divided by single digit, exact answers with no carrying
- 3-digit dividend divided by single digit, carrying required, exact answers
- 3-digit dividend divided by single digit, giving answers with remainders
- 4-digit dividend divided by single digit, mixed exact and remainder answers
- 4-digit dividend divided by single digit, expressing remainder as a decimal
Common mistakes
- Omitting zero placeholders in the quotient, e.g. calculating 618 / 6 as 13 instead of 103
- Carrying the quotient digit instead of the remainder to the next column
Curriculum links
Indicative matches to National Curriculum for England. Check wording and codes against the official document.
- Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately.