Written Methods: Multiplication and Division - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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KS2.M-CALC Written Methods: Multiplication and Division

NCETM KS2 National Curriculum Mathematics - NCETM Calculation Policy and Written Methods Progression · Calculators not allowed · about 70 minutes
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Name: _______________________________    Date: ____ / ____ / ______
Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.
1
Use the formal written method (short multiplication) to calculate 34 x 6.
(1)
2
Use the formal written method (short multiplication) to calculate 58 x 7.
(1)
3
Use the formal written method (short multiplication) to calculate 123 x 4.
(2)
4
Use short division to calculate 96 divided by 4.
(1)
5
Use short division to calculate 77 divided by 5, giving your answer with a remainder.
(2)
6
Use the formal written method (long multiplication) to calculate 46 x 23.
(3)
7
Use the formal written method (long multiplication) to calculate 137 x 24.
(3)
8
A minibus can carry 7 children.
(a)Use short division to calculate 258 divided by 7, giving your answer with a remainder.(2)
(b)258 children are going on a school trip. How many minibuses like this are needed to take every child?(1)
9
A baker has 250 buns. She packs them into boxes of 8 buns each. How many boxes will be completely full?
  • A) 30
  • B) 31
  • C) 32
  • D) 33
10
A school orders 34 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 216 pencils. Use the formal written method (long multiplication) to calculate how many pencils the school orders in total.
(3)
11
Use short division to calculate 936 divided by 8.
(2)
12
Use the formal written method for long division to calculate 552 divided by 24.
(3)
13
Use the formal written method for long division to calculate 900 divided by 35, giving your answer with a remainder.
(4)
14
875 seats are being set out for a concert, split equally between 35 rows. Use the formal written method for long division to calculate how many seats are in each row.
(2)
15
A charity is packing 618 tins of food into boxes for a foodbank. Each box holds 24 tins.
(a)Use the formal written method for long division to calculate 618 divided by 24, giving your answer with a remainder.(3)
(b)The charity needs enough boxes so that every tin is packed. How many boxes are needed in total?(1)
16
Amir divides 3,192 by 24 and gets an answer of 132. Use multiplication to check whether Amir's answer is correct, showing your working, and write down the correct answer.
(3)
17
Ribbon costs GBP 3.45 per metre. Use a formal written method to calculate the cost of 8 metres of ribbon.
(3)
18
A relay team runs a total distance of 32.4 km, split equally between 6 runners. Use a formal written method to calculate how far each runner runs.
(3)
19
A factory makes 2,469 chocolate bars in one day. The bars are packed into boxes of 16.
(a)Use the formal written method for long division to calculate how many boxes can be completely filled, and how many bars are left over.(3)
(b)The 5 remaining bars are given away as free samples. The manager also donates 3 full boxes to a local school. How many boxes of chocolate bars are left for the factory to sell?(1)
20
A printer produces revision booklets. Printing one booklet uses 24 sheets of paper. The printer has 18 reams of paper, and each ream contains 500 sheets.
(a)Use a formal written method to calculate the total number of sheets of paper available.(2)
(b)Use a formal written method for long division to calculate the greatest number of complete booklets that can be printed from this paper, and state how many sheets would be left over.(3)
Mark scheme · KS2.M-CALC Written Methods: Multiplication and Division

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