1,248 ÷ 24
One thousand two hundred forty-eight stickers, shared evenly among twenty-four classmates. How many does each one get?
Write it out: one thousand two hundred forty-eight inside the division house, twenty-four outside. Twenty-four is a two-digit divisor, so guessing one digit at a time is hard — partial quotients is easier.
Instead of the exact answer, take out a big, friendly chunk. How many twenty-fours fit inside one thousand two hundred forty-eight?
Forty is a safe guess. Twenty-four times forty is nine hundred sixty, and that fits. Write forty in the partial-quotients column.
Twenty-four times forty is nine hundred sixty. Write minus nine hundred sixty underneath.
One thousand two hundred forty-eight minus nine hundred sixty leaves two hundred eighty-eight.
Keep going with what is left. Twenty-four times ten is two hundred forty, which fits inside two hundred eighty-eight. Write ten in the column.
Twenty-four times ten is two hundred forty. Write minus two hundred forty.
Two hundred eighty-eight minus two hundred forty leaves forty-eight.
Almost there. Twenty-four times two is forty-eight — exactly what is left. Write two in the column.
Twenty-four times two is forty-eight. Write minus forty-eight.
Forty-eight minus forty-eight is zero. Nothing left over, so there is no remainder.
Here is the step everyone forgets: add the partial quotients. Forty plus ten plus two is fifty-two.
One thousand two hundred forty-eight divided by twenty-four is fifty-two. Each classmate gets fifty-two stickers. Your chunks do not have to match mine — any friendly numbers that add up will land on the same answer.