Dividing Numbers

Division shares a number into equal groups. This NSW Year 7 maths subtopic consolidates primary-school skills with no Stage 4 outcome of its own, focusing on short division and on what to do with a remainder.

You will divide one digit at a time and carry each remainder, check by multiplying the quotient by the divisor and adding the remainder, write a remainder as a mixed numeral or a decimal, and decide whether to round up or down in context, such as how many buses an excursion needs or how many boxes of cupcakes are completely full. It is part of Year 7 Whole Numbers.