Working on short division problems like the one below is easy. You'll divide each digit in the greater (larger) number by the lesser (smaller) number to get the missing lesser number in the division number family.
First divide 9 by 3, then divide 6 by 3, and lastly divide 3 by 3, to get the quotient, or answer, of 321.
What if the number being divided, the dividend, has a zero?
Remember, any number you divide by zero will always equal zero. Zero divided by two equals zero (0 ÷ 2 = 0). Zero divided by nine equals zero (0 ÷ 9 = 0). How great the number is doesn't matter at all. If it is divided by zero, the answer will always equal zero.
Now let's solve a problem with a zero in the dividend.
First, we divide the hundreds digit of the greater number by the lesser number. Our division problem becomes 4 divided by 4 equals 1 (4 ÷ 4 = 1). We place 1 above the 4 in the hundreds place.
Next, we go to the tens digit, which happens to be zero. Now, remember the rule about zero? What happens when you divide zero by four (0 ÷ 4)? The answer equals zero. Write a zero above the zero in the tens place.
Finally, we go to the ones digit, which is 8. What do we get when we divide 8 by 4? We get 2 (8 ÷ 4 = 2). Write 2 above the 8 in the ones place.
Our quotient equals 102.
