Multiply/Divide Decimals Practice

Which of the following operations require you to line up your decimals?

Which of the following operations DO NOT require you to line up your decimals?

When dividing, which number CANNOT be a decimal when solving?

• Quotient (the answer)

• Divisor (the second number/outside number)

• Dividend (the first number/inside number)

• It doesn't matter; any of them can be a decimal

Once the numbers are lined up in a multiplication problem, how do I know where my decimal is placed in my answer?

• Bring the decimal straight down
• There is no decimal
• Count how many numbers are behind all decimals in the problem
• Move the decimal 2 spaces from the front

7.71 ÷ 3 = ______

• 2.57
• 25.7
• 0.31
• 3.1

3.57 x 4.6

• 3.570
• 13.882
• 16.422
• 164.22

3.69 ÷ 9

• 0.41

• 0.43

• 0.31

• 0.42

Find the product. 
2.6 x 0.8 =

• 20.8
• 16.8
• 1.68
• 2.08

What is 45.6 divided by 0.4?

• 114
• 11.4
• 0.114
• 1.14

1.44 ÷ 0.4

• 36
• 3.6
• 126