Dividing Decimals Review

Dividing Decimals Review

Correctly label the parts of the following problem using the words quotient, divisor, dividend

 $384\div24=16$  

Multiple Choice

Which number is the quotient?

 $14\div7=2$  

• 14

• 7

• 2

Multiple Choice

Which number is the divisor?

 $14\div7=2$  

• 14

• 7

• 2

Practice: Dividing a decimal by a whole number-remember, when the decimal is in the house you raise it to the roof!

 $37.5\div15$  

Multiple Choice

 $256.5\div3$  

Solve:

• 852

• 85.2

• 84.3

• 8.52

Now we are going to divide a decimal by a decimal.

You can not have a decimal in the divisor.

Helpful hint!

If the divisor has a decimal then you need to slide it to make a whole number. Whatever you do to the divisor, you must do to the dividend.

Multiple Choice

 $31.12\div0.12$  

If I move the decimals in the following problem, what would my problem look like?

•  $3.112\div1.2$  

•  $311.2\div1.2$  

•  $3112\div12$  

Practice-Remember, this is like a dance. When you move the decimal in the divisor you have to move the decimal in the dividend so they don't step on each other's toes.

 $5.202\div3.4$  

Multiple Choice

 $323.2\div0.2$  

Divide:

• 1,616

• 161.6

• 16.16

• 1.616