Divide Decimals by 1-Digit Whole Numbers

Start with the 1-digit sheet, where every answer is exact. Ask students to check each quotient by multiplying it by the divisor.

Divide 24 decimals by 1-digit whole numbers, like 0.81 ÷ 9 and 9.6 ÷ 4, placing the decimal point. Divide the same way you divide whole numbers, then put the decimal point in the quotient right above the point in the dividend. The directions on the page read: Divide. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade decimal division, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with divide decimals by whole numbers. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Put it in the quotient right above the point in the dividend, then divide as with whole numbers. On Divide Decimals by 1-Digit Whole Numbers, 9.6 ÷ 4 = 2.4 and 0.35 ÷ 7 = 0.05.

Multiply the divisor by the quotient. On Missing Dividend or Divisor in Decimal Division, a number ÷ 8 = 1.2, so the dividend is 8 × 1.2 = 9.6. To find a missing divisor, divide the dividend by the quotient.

On Divide Decimals by 2-Digit Whole Numbers, divide to one place past the thousandths and round. For example, 7.63 ÷ 15 = 0.5086, which rounds to 0.509.