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6th grade Long division worksheet

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Long division

Grade 6 Math Worksheet

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Tala packs 4,824 pencils into boxes of 24. How many boxes does Tala fill?
Bo prints 4,284 worksheets in sets of 42, and the printer hums the whole time. How many sets is that?
Esme's garden club has 3,912 seeds to put into packets of 24. How many packets is that?
Jun's stationery shop has 6,165 pencils to pack in tubs of 45. How many tubs is that?
Milo has 3,584 star stickers to put on sheets of 25. How many full sheets, and how many stickers are left over (like 12 r 5)?
Noah has 9,345 crayons to put in boxes of 23. How many full boxes, and how many crayons are left over (like 12 r 5)?
Pia has 7,740 beads to put in bags of 17. How many full bags, and how many beads are left over (like 12 r 5)?
Ren's stadium shop has 5,371 paper plates to stack in piles of 44. How many full piles, and how many plates are left over (like 12 r 5)?
Tala has 9,453 notebooks to pack in cartons of 39. How many full cartons, and how many notebooks are left over (like 12 r 5)?
Zee's print room has 5,892 sheets of paper to bundle in stacks of 29. How many full stacks, and how many sheets are left over (like 12 r 5)?

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About this worksheet

Long division with multi-digit numbers. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can divide a 3-, 4- or 5-digit number by a 2-digit number and write every quotient digit in its own column.
I can write a 0 in the answer when the divisor does not fit, and bring down every digit.
I can write a remainder that is smaller than the divisor, and decide when a remainder means one more group.

Standard: 6.NS.B.2

Words to know

dividend: The number being divided. In 4,824 ÷ 24 it is 4,824.

divisor: The number you divide by. In 4,824 ÷ 24 it is 24.

quotient: The answer to a division.

remainder: What is left over when the groups do not fit exactly. It is always smaller than the divisor.

place-value column: Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands: where each digit sits.

Common mistakes

Your child left a 0 out of the answer. Try this together: when the number you bring down is too small for the divisor, write a 0 in the answer above that column. Then multiply the divisor by the answer to see if you get the start number back.

Your child stopped before bringing down the last digit of the number being divided. Try ticking each digit off as it is brought down, so the ones column is always used.

Your child ended with a remainder as big as, or bigger than, the number they divided by. Try asking: could another whole group fit in what is left over?

Questions parents ask

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Are these 6th grade math worksheets free to print?

Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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