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Short DivisionSEAG Practice Questions

Dividing a multi-digit number by a single digit using the bus stop method, including remainders.

Where your child meets this in real life: Sharing quantities equally, working out how many groups, or converting units

What your child needs to know

SEAGReady breaks short division into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.

  1. 1

    Exact Division

    Divide multi-digit numbers when each digit divides exactly by the divisor (e.g., 369 ÷ 3)

  2. 2

    Carrying Remainders

    Divide when digits do not divide exactly, carrying remainders to the next digit (e.g., 96 ÷ 4)

  3. 3

    First Digit Smaller

    Divide when the first digit is smaller than the divisor, requiring digit combination (e.g., 245 ÷ 7)

Try these SEAG-style questions

Three free sample questions from our short division course. Every question comes with a full explanation, and hints that guide without giving the answer away.

Question 1Confidence builder

Olivia has 248 stickers to share equally among 2 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?

Answer choices for question 1
Question 2Confidence builder

Naomi has 84 sweets to share equally into 4 bags. How many sweets go in each bag?

Answer choices for question 2
Question 3Confidence builder

Emma has 360 beads to share equally among 9 friends for a craft project. How many beads does each friend get?

Answer choices for question 3

Try the lesson: Exact Division

This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.

Lucy has 369 stickers to share equally among 3 friends.

How many stickers does each friend get?

369 ÷ 3

Set up the bus stop
1

Write 369 under the bus stop with 3 outside

Step 1 of 4

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Lucy has 369 stickers to share equally among 3 friends.

How many stickers does each friend get?

  1. 1

    Set up the bus stop

    • Write 369 under the bus stop with 3 outside
  2. 2

    Divide each digit

    • 3 ÷ 3 = 1, write 1 above the 33 ÷ 3 = 1
    • 6 ÷ 3 = 2, write 2 above the 66 ÷ 3 = 2
    • 9 ÷ 3 = 3, write 3 above the 99 ÷ 3 = 3

Each friend gets 123 stickers.

The key insight: Work left to right and place each answer digit directly above the digit you divided!

Common mix-up: Writing the answer as 321 or below the line. Answer digits go above the dividend, aligned with each column.

Mistakes to watch for

These are the misconceptions we see most often in short division, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.

  • Forgetting to carry remainders to the next digit
  • Placing the answer digits in wrong positions
  • Not knowing how to handle a leading digit smaller than divisor

Build these skills first

Struggling with short division? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.

Division Facts (Inverse of Times Tables)Identify Place Value of a Digit

More number practice

Read & Write Whole NumbersCompare Two Whole NumbersOrder a Set of Whole NumbersAddition Facts to 20Subtraction Facts Within 20Add 2-Digit Numbers (No Carry)
21 questions on this topic alone

Master short division and everything it unlocks

SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.

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