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Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers Question What is a QUOTIENT? What is a DIVIDEND? How do you divide a decimal by a whole number? How do you divide a decimal by a whole number using partial quotient? Example: Practice Problems: 1) 11.61 3 2) 1.38 6 3) .96 8 4) .435 x; if x=3 Answer The answer to a division problem. The number to be divided in a division problem. 1. Place a decimal point in the quotient directly above the decimal point in the dividend. 2. Divide like you normally would. 3. Check your solution 1. Pretend the decimal is not there. 2. Divide like you normally would. 3. Once you have found your sum count the number of decimal places in the problem. 4. The number of decimal places in your answer needs to match the number of decimal places in your answer. .75 5 .15 5 .75 -5 25 25 0 Check your solution by doing the inverse operation. .15 x 5 .75 3.87 .23 .12 .145 Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers Question What is a QUOTIENT? Answer The ______________ to a ___________ problem. What is a DIVIDEND? The ______________ to be _______________ in a division problem. How do you divide a decimal by a whole 1. Place a ______________ point in the number using long division? _______________ directly __________ the decimal point in the _______________. 2. __________ like you normally would. 3. Check your ___________ How do you divide a decimal by a whole 1. Pretend the ____________ is not number using partial quotient? ________. 2. ___________ like you normally would. 3. Once you have found your _____ count the ___________ of ________places in the __________. 4. The number of ___________ places in your answer needs to ___________ the number of decimal places in your _________________. Example: .75 5 Practice Problems: 1) 11.61 3 2) 1.38 6 3) .96 8 4) .435 x; if x=3