Dividing with decimals
You learn to divide with decimals.
How to work it out
- When you divide, you ask how many times the second number fits into the first.
- Make both numbers ten times bigger if that is easier.
- The answer stays the same.
- If you divide by a whole number, split the first number.
3.5 ÷ 0.5 = ?
- The question is: how many times does 0.5 fit into 3.5? Make both numbers ten times bigger: 35 and 5.
- The answer stays the same.
- 35 ÷ 5 = 7.
More examples
16.2 ÷ 3 = ?
- Split it: 15 ÷ 3 = 5 and 1.2 ÷ 3 = 0.4.
- Together that makes 5.4.
2 ÷ 0.25 = ?
200 ÷ 25 = 8.