Decimal Division by Whole Numbers

If we divide we are...

• putting numbers together

• taking numbers away

• separating numbers into equal groups

• making an array of numbers

A number by which another number is divided by is called the

• quotient

• dividend

• divisor

• product

A number to be divided by another number

• divisor

• quotient

• product

• dividend

A number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point

• decimal

• hundredths

• place value

• whole number

1.8 ÷ 6

• 20/1

• 4/5

• 5/4

• 1/20

Petra cut a 14.5 inch ribbon into 5 equal pieces. How long is each piece?

a period in a number that separates the whole part of the number from the fractional part of the number

• fraction

• decimal point

• whole number

• punctuation

What is a number that divides the dividend called?

• Quotient

• partial quotients

• Divisor

• Dividend

The first place value after a decimal point. It takes 10 to make a whole.

• tens

• hundredths

• tenths

• ones