Long Division Task Cards: The Partial Quotients Strategy

These task cards are also included in a Long Division Big Bundle. This includes nine sets of task cards for a variety of Long Division alternatives and strategies. See it HERE.

Are you looking for even more support with teaching long division in your classroom? You might be interested in this self-paced, student-centered Long Division Station that will allow your students to move through all of these strategies and approaches at their own pace. That station can be found HERE.

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Are you working on multi-digit division in your classroom? This is one of the most challenging concepts that we face as teachers. Luckily, there are several very effective strategies for teaching this concept!

Partial Quotients is an effective alternative for traditional long division. It is a mental math based approach in which a division equation is solved in manageable parts in order to find the final quotient.

The partial quotients strategy involves multiplying and then subtracting parts until you get to 0, or as close to 0 as possible. If you cannot get down to 0, then there is a remainder.

This resource is a fantastic supplement to those teachers currently using the Long Division Station in their classroom. It can be used as extra practice for the Partial Quotients level when students get to that point in the station.

This resource includes:

- detailed explanations and examples of the partial quotients strategy for division

- a link to a video explaining the partial quotients strategy

- a partial quotients strategy poster to hang in the classroom for easy reference

- 24 task cards that will have students practicing partial quotients in a variety of different ways to enhance understanding

- recording sheets to keep students organized

- answer keys to make self-checking a breeze