Write the dividend on your page. Remember, this is the number that is being divided by the divisor.
Add a division sign, sometimes called a division box, around the dividend. This sign includes a line on top of the dividend and another line to the left of it that is curved slightly inward.
Place the divisor outside the division sign on the left side. For example, assume you are dividing 24 by 5. 24 is the dividend, and it would go under the division sign. 5 is the divisor, and it would go to the left of the division sign.
Count how many times 5 can go into 24. In this case, the answer is 4 because 5 multiplied by 4 is 20. Write the number 4 on top of the division sign, above the dividend, 24.
Multiply 4 by 5, which equals 20. Write that answer below the dividend.
Subtract 20 from 24, the dividend, to get an answer of 4. Because 5 cannot go into 4 any number of times, 4 is the whole-number remainder for the division problem.