Division with Decimals
Use written division methods in cases where the answer has up to two decimal places; divide decimals to hundredths by whole numbers
Lesson
Set out your lesson
Use written division to obtain exact quotients to hundredths and explain exchanges across the decimal point.
Before teaching
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Ask for 84 ÷ 4 = 21 and explain one divide-multiply-subtract step. Ask whether 17 and 17.00 are equal: yes, trailing zeros do not change the amount. If unclear, revisit long division and decimal place value before this lesson.
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Learning resources
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Illustrative Mathematics · Practice link — not the full lesson
Making Hot Cocoa, Variation 1
Before you open · source notes
Making Hot Cocoa supports division with decimal amounts. Not every whole-number only drill.
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Before you openAsk the learner to divide a decimal amount and say what each share is.
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Illustrative Mathematics. “Making Hot Cocoa, Variation 1.” Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. External task; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
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Check understanding
- Compute 14.76 ÷ 4 using a written method to get 3.69
- Explain how to continue long division past the decimal point to obtain a decimal quotient
- Solve a context problem that requires dividing a decimal amount equally (e.g. sharing £18.60 among 5 people)
“Can your child use a written method to calculate something like '17 ÷ 4 = 4.25' — carrying the division past the decimal point to get a decimal answer rather than a remainder?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 10–12
Standards