Year 6 Division – Short Division, Long Division and Remainders Worksheets & Lesson Pack
Year 6 division worksheets short and long division
Year 6 division worksheets short and long division are included in this complete lesson pack. Pupils begin by revisiting short division, carrying remainders accurately and applying the method to multi-digit numbers. They then move on to long division, first with exact quotients and then with remainders, exploring how to interpret answers as whole numbers, fractions or rounded values. Children also learn to use factor pairs to divide efficiently and compare different strategies.
This Year 6 division lesson pack comes with detailed planning, teacher slides, differentiated worksheets PDF, reasoning questions and problem-solving activities. Common misconceptions are addressed, such as forgetting placeholder zeros, misinterpreting remainders or skipping steps in the long division algorithm. Fully aligned with the Year 6 National Curriculum, this unit is ideal for White Rose Autumn Block 2.
Lesson objectives
- Divide using short division – Carry remainders correctly and apply to word problems
- Divide with remainders – Interpret remainders as whole numbers, fractions or rounded values
- Divide using factors – Apply factor pairs to divide by 2-digit numbers
- Divide using long division (no remainders) – Apply formal written methods for 3- and 4-digit dividends
- Divide using long division (with remainders) – Use reasoning to decide how to express remainders
