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Example 12: Divide 850 by 5. Common Mistake!

170 17
Solution: 5 850 5 850
– 5 – 5 This is incorrect
since the zero at
35 35 the end has not
– 35 – 35 been divided.

000 000
– 0
0

Example 13: Divide 803 by 8.
100
Solution: 8 803
– 8 Remember

00 You have to keep on
– 0 → 8 × 0 = 0 dividing till all the digits
03 of the dividend are
– 0 → 8 × 0 = 0 exhausted.
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EXERCISE 6.6

1. Divide the following numbers.

(a) 4 256 (b) 3 184 (c) 2 526 (d) 8 809

2. Divide and check your answer.

(a) 32 ÷ 2 (b) 57 ÷ 4 (c) 76 ÷ 5 (d) 315 ÷ 6
(e) 728 ÷ 6 (f) 208 ÷ 5 (g) 920 ÷ 8 (h) 976 ÷ 7

(i) 906 ÷ 9 (j) 415 ÷ 2 (k) 521 ÷ 3 (l) 429 ÷ 4

Solving Word Problems

Example 14: A school football club has 30
children in it. They want to play

with 5 students in each team. How
many teams can they make?

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