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Free 5th Grade Long Division Worksheets (2-digit divisors)

If you need 5th grade long division worksheets that you can print right now, this page builds them for you — 20 fresh problems, an answer key underneath, and no account to create first. You will see items like 509 ÷ 17 and 827 ÷ 18 on the printed page, with 29 R 16 and 45 R 17 waiting on the answer key so nobody has to redo the arithmetic.

📄 5TH GRADE LONG DIVISION WORKSHEETS — A NEW SHEET EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
🎲 New set of problems

‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

What is on the sheet

Each generated sheet mixes divisions that come out exactly with divisions that leave a remainder, so the child cannot assume either outcome.

If the subtraction step is where things go wrong, the problem is subtraction rather than division, and it is worth stepping back to that page for a few days before returning to problems like 978 ÷ 15.

This sheet uses two-digit divisors, so the procedure is exercised without the sheet becoming a copying marathon — 978 ÷ 15 is a fair example of it.

Long division is the longest procedure in elementary arithmetic and the one where a single slip is fatal. Working 509 ÷ 17 correctly to 29 R 16 means running divide, multiply, subtract and bring-down in order, several times, without losing place.

Work of this kind is commonly aligned with the multi-digit division expectations for this grade; schools outside the US meet the same skill at roughly the same age, which is why these 5th grade long division worksheets travel well.

Six problems from the sheet in front of you

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (two-digit divisors).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
1509 ÷ 17 =29 R 16Watch for: forgetting a zero in the quotient
2827 ÷ 18 =45 R 17Check: giving up when the first digit does not divide
33,021 ÷ 36 =83 R 33Look at: bringing down two digits at once
4907 ÷ 22 =41 R 5Ask about: misaligning the quotient digits
5978 ÷ 15 =65 R 3Watch for: subtraction slips inside a correct method
62,550 ÷ 36 =70 R 30Check: not checking by multiplying back

A worked example from this sheet

Take the first problem on the sheet as it stands, 509 ÷ 17. Work 509 ÷ 17 out on paper rather than in your head the first few times, say each step aloud, and check the result against 29 R 16 on the key before moving on.

Work 907 ÷ 22 out loud as a demonstration. It gives 41 R 5. Children who hear 907 ÷ 22 reasoned through once at the start of a session make noticeably fewer errors in the ten minutes that follow.

Three things that go wrong here

Getting the most out of 15 minutes a day

  1. Do not raise the number of problems until the accuracy is steady. Going from 20 correct-but-slow problems to more problems only multiplies the same mistake.
  2. Stop the session at the time limit even if the sheet is unfinished, and note where the child got to. A half sheet done well is better data than a whole sheet rushed.
  3. Run the sheet at the same time each day. Ten focused minutes before dinner beats an hour on Sunday, because long division is a recall skill: 509 ÷ 17 has to arrive without being worked out, and recall is built by frequency.
  4. Keep the session to about 15 minutes. A 5th grader who is still counting on fingers will need longer than that on a line like 509 ÷ 17, and that is fine: the timer is a measurement, never a punishment.
  5. Use a pencil, not a pen. Children working on long division rethink far more often when erasing is allowed, and you get to see exactly where the rethinking happened on an item like 3,021 ÷ 36.

Marking the sheet

Answers appear next to their question numbers, so a wrong item like 827 ÷ 18 can be found in the key in a second and re-worked while it is still fresh.

Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.

Printing and saving as PDF

To save these 5th grade long division worksheets instead of printing them, choose 'Save as PDF' in the printer list. You get the worksheet and the answer key as a single PDF, on Letter or A4 depending on your printer settings.

For a class set, print one sheet, press the new-worksheet button and print again. Each child gets different numbers on the same skill, so nobody can copy the answer to 509 ÷ 17 from a neighbour.

Frequently asked questions

Is the answer key included?
Yes, on its own page behind the worksheet. For the sheet loaded right now it shows 29 R 16 for 509 ÷ 17 and 45 R 17 for 827 ÷ 18.
How long should one problem take?
Two to three minutes when the method is new, well under a minute once it is fluent. That is why 15-minute sessions on long division use fewer problems than a facts sheet.
Will these print correctly on A4?
Yes. These 5th grade long division worksheets fit both A4 and US Letter without clipping, as long as print scaling is left at 100% and browser headers and footers are switched off.
What if my child gets lost halfway through?
Have them narrate the four steps out loud. Nearly every stall happens because two steps were merged or one was skipped.

When these become easy, move along the related links below rather than adding more problems to the same sheet.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13