A Faster Way to Divide

Connect partial quotients to a shorter written method.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 27

Partial quotients always work, but some steps can be small. A faster way takes the largest group for each place, from hundreds to tens to ones.
For 3,276 divided by 12, ask: how many hundreds of 12 fit? 200 fits, and 300 is too many.
Next, tens. 70 groups fit in 876. Then ones. 3 groups fit in 36.
The digits 2, 7, and 3 are the answer, 273, one digit for each place. Choose whichever way makes the most sense for the numbers.

Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:

5.NR.2.2 — Fluently divide multi-digit whole numbers (up to 4-digit dividends and 2-digit divisors no greater than 25) to solve practical problems.