Division by One Digit Divisors

What are you doing when you divide?

When you divide, you are trying to split something into equally numbered groups
Take these 16 apples:

Dividing these 16 apples into 4 equal groups, gives you 4 groups that have 4 apples in each of the groups:

Division by One-digit Divisors

Today you will learn how to divide a three-digit dividend by a one-digit divisor, to get a quotient without a remainder Lets review these terms

What are the parts of a division problem?

The dividend is the number you are dividing The divisor is the number you are dividing by The quotient is the evenly divided result The remainder is what is left over that cannot be evenly divided

When we write the problem like this: 62=3r0

6 is the dividend 2 is the divisor
3 0 is the is the quotient remainder

When writing it like this:

3 r0
2, the divisor, moves to here 2 6

0is the remainder

3, the quotient, 6, the stays dividend, here moves here

How do you solve a division problem?

Solving a division problem is a step by step process The method we will learn today is based the words for the people in our families. They are:

Father

Mother

Sister

Brother

The Family Method

Father = Find Mother = Multiply Sister = Subtract

Brother = Bring Down

Father
Father stands for find
Start by looking at the first number in the dividend

Find the multiple of the divisor that comes closest

to that number, without going higher Use your knowledge of math facts, or a multiplication grid

Father = find the number closet to the first digit

2 711

In the 3s, the number closest to 7, but not more than 7, is 6 The other factor is 2 Put a 2 above the 7

Mother = multiply the number that is the factor that you found times the divisor

You found 2, multiply it times the divisor, 3

2 711 6

2 times 3 equals 6

2X3=6
Put a 6 under the 7

Sister = subtract the number you got by multiplying the divisor, from the number in the dividend
You got a 6 when you multiplied Subtract 6 from 7

76=1

2 3 711 6 1

The difference must be smaller than the divisor!!!

Brother = bring down the next number, from the number in the dividend

Bring down the next number in the dividend The new number you have is 11

2 1 3 711 6 11

Now start over again with Father for the tens

Now, lets do the second step

Father: 9 is the closest multiple,
the other factor you found is 3

Mother: 3 X 3 = 9, put a 9 under

the 11

Sister: subtract 9 from 11

11- 9 = 2

23 1 3 711 6 11 9 21

Brother: bring down the 1

Now, lets do the last step

2 37 Father: 21 is the closest 1 3 711 multiple, the other factor is 7 6 Mother: 7 X 3 = 21, put 21 under 11 the 21 9 Sister: subtract 21 from 21 21 21- 21 = 0 21 Brother: nothings left, youre done! 0

Now, lets practice!

Father Mother Sister Brother

2 4 864 86 8 06

Now, lets do the second step

Father Mother Sister Brother

21 64 4 864 8 06 4 24

Now, lets do the last step

Father Mother Sister Brother

2 16 6 4 864 8 06 4 24 24 0