5th Grade Divide by Two-Digit Numbers worksheets

About this worksheet

5. NBT. B. 6 asks fifth graders to divide dividends of up to four digits by a two-digit divisor, and this worksheet keeps every divisor at two digits so your child gets focused practice on the exact size that makes long division genuinely harder. Dividing by a one-digit number usually means comparing the divisor to a single dividend digit at a time. A two-digit divisor is usually bigger than any single digit, so the standard algorithm has to look at two or more digits of the dividend before the first division step even makes sense, and the first guess at each digit of the quotient is often wrong by one. This worksheet teaches that adjustment directly: what to do when a guessed quotient digit multiplies out to more than the dividend allows, and how to use a rounded, compatible version of the divisor to make a better first guess.

Word problems set the division in a context, like tickets, ribbon, or seats, so the size of the leftover amount has real meaning. Every question also connects back to multiplication, since divisor times quotient plus remainder must rebuild the original dividend exactly, which is the surest way to check a two-digit division problem by hand. Encourage your child to round the divisor to the nearest ten before dividing, since that compatible number makes the first guess at each digit far more accurate.

What your child will learn

• Divide a multi-digit dividend by a two-digit divisor
• Round a two-digit divisor to estimate a quotient digit
• Adjust a quotient guess that turns out too large
• Check a two-digit division answer using multiplication
• Solve word problems that divide by a two-digit number