Four-Digit Dividends
12-8
88 6
6 4 5 4 8 1
5 1 2
2 3 6 1
2 3 8 4
8 8 5 R 41
6 4 5 4 8 1
5 1 2
2 3 6 1
2 3 2 0
2 2 4 1
Divide: 5481 64.
5481 64
Think: 54 6
Tr y 9.
9 9 8 8 8 8 88
6 4 5 4 8 1 6 4 5 4 8 1 6 4 5 4 8 1 6 4 5 4 8 1
5 7 6 5 1 2 5 1 2 5 1 2
5 3 6 3 6 1
Repeat the steps.
8 5
6 4
3 4 0
5 1 0 0
5 4 4 0
4 1
5 4 8 1
88 5
6 4 5 4 8 1
5 1 2
2 3 6 1
2 3 2 0
?
Estimate.
Divide the tens.
Multiply.
Subtract and
compare.
Divide the
ones. Multiply.
Subtract and
compare.
Bring down
the ones.
Check.
36 64
To o large.
Tr y 5.
To o large.
Tr y 8.
Think
41 64
64 5 4 8 1 64 5 Not enough thousands
64 5 4 8 1 64 54 Not enough hundreds
64 5 4 8 1 64 548 Enough tens
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