Math Drills

Decimal ÷ Decimal (Calculations)

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Calculation

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What this worksheet covers

Grade: Grade 5 (Elementary School)
Topic: Division of Decimals
Worksheet: Decimal ÷ Decimal (Calculations)

Expressions that divide by a decimal are rewritten so that the divisor becomes a whole number, and only then solved. Four shapes are handled: an expression carried until it comes out, an expression whose quotient is simply found, an expression answered as an approximate figure to two significant digits, and Fill in the Blank.

In the shape carried until it comes out, papers appear where the end of the digits of the number being divided was taken for the end of the work, and the quotient was written one digit short. Whether the product of the written quotient and the divisor equals the original number being divided is what settles it.

Moving the decimal point is a skill already gained in Multiplication of Decimals (Calculations), and here its role turns into preparation before the dividing. In Division of Decimals (Word Problems) the same procedure gets driven inside a scene.