Division with Decimal Dividends

Rules for Dividing Decimals by Decimals

From 2.7 Notes

by Megan King

Multiple Choice

If I have decimal in the dividend and you have a whole number divisor, can I just divide like normal? What do I have to remember to do?

• Move the decimal over in the divisor and dividend

• Move up the decimal from the dividend to the quotient

• Divide like normal and the answer has no decimal.

• Multiple the divisor and the dividend by a power of ten to make the divisor a whole number.

Multiple Choice

If I have decimal in the dividend and you have a whole number divisor, can I just divide like normal? What do I have to remember to do first?

• Move the decimal over in the divisor and dividend

• Move up the decimal from the dividend to the quotient

• Divide like normal and the answer has no decimal.

• Multiple the divisor and the dividend by a power of ten to make the divisor a whole number.

Multiple Choice

If I have decimal in the dividend and you have a whole number divisor, can I just divide like normal? What do I have to remember to do second?

• Move the decimal over in the divisor and dividend

• Move up the decimal from the dividend to the quotient

• Divide like normal and the answer has no decimal.

• Multiple the divisor and the dividend by a power of ten to make the divisor a whole number.