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CALCULATING • SHORT DIVISION 143

Now look at the ones column.

Because we carried over the 1 from

the tens column, we divide 16 by 7.

There are two 7s in 16 with 2 left over.

Write the 2 above the division bracket

in the ones column, and write the

remainder next to it.

2

7 156

H T O

2 r2

So, 156 ÷ 7 = 22 r2.

156 ÷ 7 = 22 r2

Because we carried over the 1 from

the hundreds column, we don’t divide

5 by 7, instead we divide 15 by 7. We know

that 7 × 2 = 14, so there are two 7s in 15

with 1 left over. Write the 2 above the

division bracket in the tens column, and

carry over the remaining 1 to the ones

column. This 1 stands for 1 ten, or 10 ones.

2

7 156

H T O

1

Test your skills

Glob has been busy sorting out screws into piles of different colours.

Now she needs to divide each pile into groups, ready for use. Can

you use short division to help her work out how many groups she

can make with each pile?

TRY IT OUT

Answers on page 319

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The 10 tens
carried over, plus
5 tens, gives you
15 tens
Write the
remainder
as part of
the answer
The 10 ones carried
over, plus 6 ones, gives
you 16 ones, or 16
In the pink group, there
are 279 screws, and Glob
needs to divide these into
groups of 9.
There are 286 blue
screws, and she needs
groups of 4.
There are 584 yellow
screws, and she needs
groups of 6.
There are 193 green
screws, and she needs
groups of 7.
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