Once a number has more than one digit, you can't always do the division in your head at once. Short division — often called the "bus stop" method — breaks it into a tidy line of single-digit divisions you can do, working left to right, one digit at a time.

The dividend sits inside the "bus stop", the divisor sits outside on the left, and the answer (the quotient) is built on top:

Every step is just one small division fact, so if you know your times tables, you already have everything you need.

See it built

Watch each digit divided in turn. When a digit doesn't divide exactly, the remainder is carried to the next digit along (shown in a different colour), making a bigger number to divide there. Step through it.

See it explained

Sal Khan works through dividing a multi-digit number by a single digit, carrying as he goes.