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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