4th Grade Divide Four-Digit Numbers worksheets

About this worksheet

Dividing a four-digit number by a one-digit number is the point where long division stops being a trick with small numbers and becomes a tool for real problems: splitting a school's supply of pencils, packing a warehouse of boxes, or sharing a class trip's budget. The standard algorithm does not change from smaller division problems, but there are more digits to bring down, which is exactly where mistakes creep in. A child may bring down the wrong digit, lose track of a placeholder in the quotient, or write a remainder that is equal to or larger than the divisor, which is never correct.

This worksheet rotates through the pieces of the skill: finding the full quotient and remainder, finding just the quotient, finding just the remainder inside a word problem, checking a division statement, and solving a real situation where the leftover amount matters. Every dividend here has four digits and every divisor has one digit, matching what a fourth grader is expected to handle by the end of the year. Encourage your child to estimate first, deciding whether the quotient should be in the hundreds or the thousands, before working through each digit of the answer.

What your child will learn

• Divide a four-digit number by a one-digit number
• Find a whole-number quotient and remainder
• Check a division answer using multiplication
• Solve word problems with four-digit amounts
• Decide what a remainder means in a real situation