Division Year 4 Written Formal Short Division Worksheets, Games, Missing Digits

Y4 LO: To use the formal written method of short division for calculations with exact answers.
These games and worksheets were designed for Y4 but may be useful to scaffold confidence in Y5 pupils.

1. Codewords Worksheets Differentiated (2 levels of challenge) 2 pages plus answers. Answers to problems are referenced on a key to give letters which spell out the name of the criminal.

2. Dartboard - Self Checking Partner Games. Differentiated (2 levels of challenge).

3. Robot Rumble - Self Checking Partner Games. Differentiated (2 levels of challenge). May be best to photocopy enlarge this to A3. Partners find answers and hope they hit the spaces with the enemy robots.

4. Secret Squirrel Worksheets Differentiated (3 levels of challenge) 3 pages plus answers.

5. Missing Digits. Differentiated (2 levels of challenge) 2 pages plus answers.

6. Short Division Flip Cards. 108 Flip Cards.
These cards pose short division questions and have the answers on the back.
They are suitable for lots of self-checking partner games or independent work.
Print Double Sided Back To Back onto Card.
Ideas for use:

• Work with partner and flip when you both have an answer.
• Work on own and ask partner to flip & check your answers.
• Work independently against a timer.
• Make your own Easy, Hard, and Harder Flip Cards.
• Sort the cards into Easy, Hard, Harder piles and explain your reasoning.
• You could edit a couple of cards; giving them the wrong answers and see how long it takes for pupils to spot your “mistakes”.