Lesson

Division of Decimals
 Division
Division of
of DECIMALS
DECIMALS
Decimal by Whole Number
Whole Number by Decimal
Dividing Powers of 10
Decimal by 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001
 Decimal by
Whole Number
 Eight of your relatives visited
your home yesterday. You
prepared orange juice for them.
If you used a pitcher with a
capacity of 1.6 liters, how much
juice were in each glass?
1.6 ÷ 8
0.2
𝟖 √ 𝟏 .𝟔
1 6
0
11.6 ÷ 4 2. 9
𝟒 √ 𝟏𝟏 . 𝟔
8
36
-36
0
0.015 ÷ 5
0. 0 03
𝟓 √ 𝟎 . 𝟎𝟏𝟓
- 15
0
Whole Number
by Decimal
 REMEMBER….
REMEMBER….

If the divisor is a decimal, express

it as a whole
number , multiplying it by
the appropriate power of
10 . Do the same with the divided,
then divide as in whole numbers
51 ÷ 8.5
6
𝟖 . 𝟓 √𝟓𝟏𝟎
- 510
0
16 ÷ 2.6 6 1.14
2.6 0
-156
40
- 26
14
Dividing Decimal by
the Powers of 10
 REMEMBER….
REMEMBER….

To Divide by a Power of 10,

Move the decimal point to the
LEFT. The number of decimal
places will be determined by the
number of zeroes in the divisor or
the exponent in the power of 10.
46.5 ÷ 10 46.5 ÷ 10 1

46.5 ÷ 10 46.5 ÷ 10
= 4.65 = 4.65
46.5 ÷ 100 46.5 ÷ 10
2

46.5 ÷ 100 46.5 ÷ 100

= 0.465 = 0.465
46.5 ÷ 1000
46.5 ÷ 1000
= 0.0465
46.5 ÷ 10
3

46.5 ÷ 1000
= 0.0465
Example
:
120.8 ÷ 10
3

= .1208 or 0.1208
Example
:
589.26 ÷ 100
= 5.8926
Example
:
96.32 ÷ 10
5

= .0009632
= 0.0009632
1. 15.23 ÷ 10
2. 568.09 ÷ 100
3. 0.51 ÷ 10
4. 32.256 ÷ 1000
5. 0.96 ÷ 100
6. 1.27 ÷ 10
7. 12.45 ÷ 1000
Dividing Decimals
by 0.1, 0.01 and
0.001
 REMEMBER….
REMEMBER….

To Divide by 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001

Move the decimal point to the
RIGHT. The number of decimal
places will be determined by the
number of zeroes in the divisor.
0.5 ÷ 0.1 67 ÷ 0.1
=5 = 670
145.2611 ÷ 0.01

= 14526.11
589.26 ÷ 0.001

= 589260
1.2598 ÷ 0.001

= 1259.8
12.36 ÷ 0.0001

= 123600
1. 25.13 ÷ 0.1
2. 175.09 ÷ 0.001
3. 0.81 ÷ 0.01
4. 94. 20 ÷ 0.1
5. 0.36 ÷ 0.001
6. 1.96 ÷ 0.01
7. 12.45 ÷ 0.1
 Division
Division of
of DECIMALS
DECIMALS
Decimal by Whole Number
Whole Number by Decimal
Dividing Powers of 10
Decimal by 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001
 REMEMBER….
REMEMBER….

If the divisor is a decimal, express

it as a whole
number , multiplying it by
the appropriate power of
10 . Do the same with the divided,
then divide as in whole numbers
 REMEMBER….
REMEMBER….

To Divide by a Power of 10,

Move the decimal point to the
LEFT. The number of decimal
places will be determined by the
number of zeroes in the divisor or
the exponent in the power of 10.
 REMEMBER….
REMEMBER….

To Divide by 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001

Move the decimal point to the
RIGHT. The number of decimal
places will be determined by the
number of zeroes in the divisor.