Division by chunking down (repeated subtraction)

Use repeated subtraction (represented on a number line) to solve division problems.

This game is now part of the 'Calculations' collection, which includes the following 17 games and resources: Column Addition, Expanded Addition, Expanded Addition - Place Value Counters, Number Bonds(2), Addition - Digit Drag, Missing Symbols, Column Subtraction, Column Subtraction using Place Value Counters, Counting on to find difference on a beadstring, Multiplication Grid Method, Multiplication Written Method, Ratio and Scaling Numbers, Representing Multiplication, Division by Chunking Up, Division by Chunking Down, Formal Written Division - Round Up or Down?, Short Division Writen Formal Method.

The Calculations app is available on Google Play and the App Store.

Scan to open this game on a mobile device. Right-click to copy and paste it onto a homework sheet.

Game Objectives

New Maths Curriculum:

Year 3: Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to efficient written methods

Primary Framework:

Year 3: Use practical and informal written methods to multiply and divide two-digit numbers

Year 4: Develop and use written methods to record, support and explain multiplication and division of two-digit numbers by a one-digit number, including division with remainders

Year 5: Refine and use efficient written methods to multiply and divide HTU × U, TU × TU, U.t × U and HTU ÷ U