Year 6 Long Division 3 Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 6 Long Division 3 Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ ability to divide numbers where the answer has a remainder. Pupils will determine how many cupcakes can be packed into boxes in order to give the largest and smallest possible remainder.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Number: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division

Mathematics Year 6: (6C7c) Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a 2-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding as appropriate for the context

Mathematics Year 6: (6C8) Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division