Long Division Word Problems

Are your students in need of additional practice with word problems and long division? While your students may want to bring out a calculator to solve these problems, it is important for them to understand how to divide by multi-digit divisors. Additionally, students also need practice in determining what they should do if there is a remainder in a word problem. Sometimes they need the remainder for their answer; sometimes, they need to round up, and other times they need to drop it.

Teach Starter has created a worksheet where students will solve 12 questions and must use long division to solve word problems.

An answer key is included with your download to make grading fast and easy!  

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

In addition to independent student work time, use this worksheet as an activity for:

• Guided math groups
• Lesson warm-up
• Lesson wrap-up
• Fast finishers 
• Homework assignment
• Whole-class review (via smartboard)

If there are students who need a bit of a challenge, have them explain their reasoning on the questions that should have had remainders but were required to round up or down to the nearest whole number.

For students who need a bit of support, provide a multiplication chart to help with basic facts. Additionally, this worksheet can be completed in a small group or 1-on-1 setting.

🖨️ Easily Download & Print

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the PDF or editable Google Slides version of this resource. 

Because this resource includes an answer sheet, we recommend you print one copy of the entire file. Then, make photocopies of the blank worksheet for students to complete. 

To save paper, we suggest printing this 2-page worksheet double-sided.

Turn this teaching resource into a sustainable activity by printing on cardstock and slipping it into a dry-erase sleeve. Students can record their answers with a whiteboard marker, then erase and reuse them. 

Additionally, project the worksheet onto a screen and work through it as a class by having students record their answers in their notebooks. 

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This resource was created by Cassandra Friesen, a teacher in Colorado and Teach Starter Collaborator. 

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