Dividing with Decimal Divisors

12.74 divided by 1.3

• 0.09

• 0.98

• 9.08

• 9.8

When you move the decimal in the divisor, what happens in the dividend?

• You raise the decimal straight up

• Nothing

• You put a zero in the front

• The decimal moves the same amount in the dividend that it moved in the divisor.

If there is a decimal in the divisor, what must be done first?

• The divisor must be made a whole

• The decimal gets moved into the dividend

• Divide like normal

• Erase the decimal

14.56 ÷ 1.3

• 112

• 1.12

• 11.2

• 12

When Dividing a number by a decimal we...

• We make the Divisor into a whole number by moving the decimal point to the RIGHT and the decimal to the RIGHT on the inner number.

• Get rid of the decimal by erasing it

• We make the Divisor into a whole number by moving the decimal point to the LEFT and the decimal to the LEFT on the inner number.

• Add zeros to the inner number

What is the first step when dividing the problem above?

• Move the decimal in the divisor AND dividend TWO places.

• Move the decimal in the divisor AND dividend THREE places.

• Move the decimal in only the divisor

• Bring the decimal straight up.

A candy store owner has 8.32 pounds of jelly beans.  If she puts the jelly beans into 8 jars, how much candy will go in each jar?

• 4

• 1.04

• 1.40

• 1.004

Calculate the result of this division

45.6÷3.2

• 1.42

• 14.25

• 15.25

• 1425

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.2

Mrs. Linda has 17.16 cups of brownie mix. If each brownie uses 0.33 cups of mix, how many brownies can Mrs. Linda make?

• 52

• 53

• 54

• 22