Divide Decimals by a Whole Number

1.8 ÷ 9

• 2

• 0.2

• 0.02

1.8 ÷ 2

• 9

• 90

• 0.9

• 0.09

3.69 ÷ 3

• 1.23

• 13.2

• 12.3

Use the model to complete the number sentence.

2.48 ÷ 4 =

3.28 ÷ 8

• 41

• 4.1

• 0.41

• 0.041

42.3 ÷ 3

• 141

• 1.41

• 14.1

• 0.141

Use the model to complete the number sentence.

1.5 ÷ 3 =

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

The base-ten blocks pictured below show Carter’s solution to a division expression. Which expression did Carter solve?

• 2.84 ÷ 4

• 0.71 ÷ 4

• 2.48 ÷ 4

• 7.1 ÷ 4

When dividing a decimal by a whole number, you should....

• scoop the decimal out of the dividend

• line up the decimal in the quotient (raise it to the roof)

• ignore the decimal

• put a decimal in the divisor