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Year 6 · Maths · Decimals · Lesson 2

Dividing decimals

Divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000 and by whole numbers, give answers as decimals instead of remainders, and solve money and measure problems.

Whiteboard video lesson: Dividing decimals

20-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Divide by powers of 10
  • Divide decimals by whole numbers
  • Continue division into decimals
  • Solve money and measure problems

The method

  1. Change to tenths or hundredths.
  2. Divide as whole numbers.
  3. Change back to a decimal.
  4. Check: multiply back.

Key words: divide, decimal, tenths, hundredths, remainder.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

Work out 7.3 ÷ 10.

  1. Step 1: ÷ 10: digits move 1 place right
  2. Step 2: = 0.73

Answer: 0.73

Question 2

Work out 450 ÷ 1,000.

  1. Step 1: ÷ 1,000: digits move 3 places right
  2. Step 2: = 0.45

Answer: 0.45

Question 3

Work out 6 ÷ 100.

  1. Step 1: ÷ 100: digits move 2 places right
  2. Step 2: = 0.06

Answer: 0.06