Mental Division Strategies

Mental math is a skill that helps students to do math in their heads without using paper and pencil.

• Mental Math is useful in school and everyday life.
• It also helps to do calculations faster.

In Division,

• The number to be divided is called the dividend.
• The number which divides the dividend is called the divisor.
• The number which we get after multiplication is called the quotient.

We divide from left to right.

Example :

a) 84 ÷ 4

b) 168 ÷ 12

Answer:

Hence, 84 ÷ 4 = 21

Hence, 168 ÷ 12 = 14

Here is a table of tricks for division.