Dividing Decimals

Dividing Decimals

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Options (6)

$$1.432\div3$$  

$$37\div2$$  

$$\frac{12.25}{25}$$  

$$1.598\div0.04$$  

$$\frac{134}{0.7}$$  

$$0.0003\div0.03$$  

Sort these division problems into ones you are able to divide and ones you are not.

Yes, divide!

Nope, not yet!

Move both decimal points the same number of places to the right until you are dividing by a whole number.

Rewriting Division by a Decimal

Rewrite so you are dividing by a whole number.

Long divide (first term goes under division symbol).
Line up decimal points.
Positive or negative?

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​Divide

Multiple Choice

Divide -47.78/6

• -7.963

• -7.963 (3 repeats)

• 7.963

• 7.963 (3 repeats)

Rewrite so you are dividing by a whole number.

Long divide (first term goes under division symbol).
Line up decimal points.
Positive or negative?

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​Divide

Multiple Choice

Divide 37.97/(-1.1)

• about -34.52

• about 34.52

• about -3.452

• about 3.452

Rewrite so you are dividing by a whole number.

Long divide (first term goes under division symbol).
Line up decimal points.
Positive or negative?

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​Divide

Rewrite so you are dividing by a whole number.

Long divide (first term goes under division symbol).
Line up decimal points.
Positive or negative?

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​Divide