Dividing Decimals by Powers of 10

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What happens to a decimal number when you divide it by 10?

Back

The decimal point moves one place to the left.

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What happens to a decimal number when you divide it by 100?

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The decimal point moves two places to the left.

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What happens to a decimal number when you divide it by 1000?

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The decimal point moves three places to the left.

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What is 19.7 ÷ 10^4?

Back

0.00197

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What is 32.40 ÷ 1000?

Back

0.0324

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What is 7,446.5 ÷ 1000?

Back

7.4465

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What is 46.5 ÷ 1000?

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0.0465

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What is 0.5 ÷ 10?

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0.05

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How do you divide a decimal by a power of 10?

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Move the decimal point to the left by the number of zeros in the power of 10.

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What is the result of dividing a number by 10^n?

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The result is the original number divided by 1 followed by n zeros.