Divide Decimals by Decimals

• .766

• 766.

• 76.6

• 7.66

 $85.6\ \div\ .18$ - where do you move the decimal in the dividend to make it a whole number so you can divide?

• 8.56

• 856

• 85.6

• 856.

 $87\ \div\ .9$   - where do you move the decimal in the dividend to make it a whole number so you can divide?

• 8.7

• 870.

• 87.

• .87

What direction do we move the decimal when we divide by a power of 10?

• left

• right

190.2 ÷ 100

• 19.02

• 1.902

• .1902

• 1902.

If there is not a decimal in the dividend, but there is one in the divisor what do you do?

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• leave the problem the same

• put a decimal at the end of the problem

• put a decimal at the beginning of the problem

 $57.9\ \div\ 10$  

• 579

• 5.79

• .579

• .0579

What do we do with the decimal if there is one in the dividend, but not one in the divisor?

• bring the decimal straight up into the quotient

• add a decimal in the divisor

• move the decimal to the right

• move the decimal to the left

 $123.88\ \div\ .789$   - where do you move the decimal in the dividend to make it a whole number so you can divide?

• 12.388

• 12388.

• .12388

• 1.2388