Now let's practice short division and division with zero in the quotient, or answer. In this activity, you need a pack of chocolates, a ruler, a pencil, and two sheets of paper. You can use beans or pebbles instead of chocolates.
Use the ruler to draw a number line counting by nines on one sheet of paper. Choose two numbers from the number line.
For example, you chose 18 and 36.
Put these numbers together to make a four-digit dividend. In this case, you have 1,836. Write this number down on a separate sheet of paper. Put it under a division sign, and use 9 as the divisor, the number being divided by. Then try to solve the problem by using the chocolates.
Count out chocolate pieces that correspond to the digit you have under the division sign. The first digit is 1, so set aside one chocolate piece.
Check if you can divide the number of chocolates by 9. Here, you can't divide 1 by 9, so add more chocolates. The number you have to divide now will be 18. Make sure you have 18 chocolate pieces set aside. Write down your answer above the hundreds digit on the paper. Then work on the next set of digits.
If you write a zero in the quotient, you can eat a chocolate piece. So don't forget to write the zero.
You can work on number lines for counting by 1 through 8 or until you finish the chocolates. Have fun!
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Short Division Without Underlines
