Dividing Decimals

These lessons, with videos, examples and solutions, help Grade 5 students learn how to divide decimals.

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Dividing a Decimal by a Decimal
How to Divide a Decimal by a Decimal?

Move decimal to make the divisor a whole number.
To balance the problem, we also have to move the decimal the same amount of places on the dividend.
Divide.

Dividing Numbers involving Decimals
Get rid of the decimal in the denominator and then divide

Dividing decimals with hundredths

Example:
23.828 ÷ .28
43.23 ÷ 3.3
.3350 ÷ 2.5

Dividing Decimals

Example:
0.138 ÷ 0.6

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