Dividing Decimals

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Dividing Decimals By Decimals
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Dividing Decimals by Decimals
6.24 0.6
Step 1 Move decimal in divisor (outside the
house) to the right Step 2 move decimal in the
dividend (inside house) the same number of places
to the right
0.6 6.24
.
1
0
4
6 62.4
6
Step 3 Write the decimal in the quotient
(answer) directly above the decimal in the
dividend (inside the house)
0
4
2
- 24
0
Step 4 Divide normally
3
Dividing Decimals by Decimals
216.3 10.5
2
0
6
.
0
0
10.5 216.3
0
-210
6
0
3
-6 3 0
0
20.6
4
Dividing Decimals by Decimals
12.1 1.1
Your Turn
.
1
1
0
1.1 12.1
- 11
1
1
- 1 1
0
5
A potato grinder is grinding potatoes into mashed
potatoes at a rate of 5.6 potatoes per minute.
How long would it take the grinder to grind 30.8
potatoes?
5.5 minutes
6
An automated call machine can handle 8.86 minutes
of calls before it sends a report. How many would
it send for 53.16 minutes of calls?
6 calls
7
Practice
90.6 0.3
302
4.2 0.7
6
0.072 0.12
0.6
5.6 0.14
40
45.2 1.6
28.25
14 2.8
5
26.46 0.42
79
9.3 0.03
310