Short Division Code Breaker
Agent, a secret maths word has been locked away. Only accurate short division can crack it.
Divide numbers by a 2-digit number using the short division method.
To be a successful code breaker, I can:
- ✅ list useful multiples of the divisor
- ✅ exchange what's left into the next column
- ✅ use 0 as a placeholder
- ✅ check with multiplication
- ✅ explain what a remainder means
🗺️ How to crack the code
Choose your chilli
Pick the challenge that will stretch you. You can change later.
Work in your book
Write the date, the question number and your full short division working for all four questions.
Find it in the alphabet grid
Every letter has a number under it. Tap the letter whose number matches your answer. It drops into your final answer.
Rearrange the letters
When you have four letters, drag them into the order that spells a mathematical word.
Stuck? Every question has 💡 hints, and the 🧰 Toolkit has a multiples helper, a step-by-step bus stop and a checker. Using them is what good mathematicians do!
🕵️ Your agent name
🌶️ Choose your chilli challenge
Choose a chilli to begin.
Green chilli challenge
LI: Divide numbers by a 2-digit number using the short division method.
🔠 The alphabet code grid
Every letter has a number underneath it. Find the number that matches your answer to each question and tap that letter. Tap a letter again to take it back out.
🔐 Final answer
Drag the letters to rearrange them, or tap two letters to swap them.
Code cracked, Agent!
🏅 Certificate of Code Breaking
This certifies that
cracked the Green chilli short division code.
LI: Divide numbers by a 2-digit number using the short division method.
How confident do you feel now?
Show this screen to your teacher, or print it to stick in your book.