You've learned that it is very easy to divide numbers even with three-digit dividends. Just be careful about which digits you underline. Underlined numbers are very easy to work with because you can divide them immediately by the divisor. But what if you're dealing with digits in the dividend, the number to be divided, that are greater (larger) than your divisor? How will you work on problems with two-digit division numbers?
Let's see how it works. Look at the problem below:
The tens digit under the division sign is 6. It is greater than the divisor, which is 2. Here, you can work on dividing 6 by 2. What's the answer? The answer to 6 divided by 2 equals 3 (6 ÷ 2 = 3). Write a 3 above the 6 in the tens place.
Let's look at this other problem:
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The hundreds digit under the division sign is 1. It's less than 8. Can you divide 1 by 8? No, you can't. In this case, we have a two-digit division number. If the first place value digit under the division sign is less than the divisor, then we have a two-digit division number.
Why is that? It's very simple. It's because you won't be able to divide the number under the division sign by a greater number. You wouldn't be able to divide 1 by 8 because 8 is greater than 1.
So how do you work it? You use the first two place value digits. Instead of 1, you use 16. The answer to 16 divided by 8 equals 2 (16 ÷ 8 = 2). Write a 2 above the 6 in the tens place. Now you can solve the rest of the problem.
