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Before we look at the division of decimals let us look at the division of whole numbers into decimal places. © T Madas

Before we look at the division of decimals let us look at the division of whole numbers into decimal places. 138 ÷ 4 = 34. 5 267 ÷ 4 = 66. 25 345 4 1 318200 6625 4 2 62710200 34 remainder 2 / 4 34 ½ 66 remainder 1 / 4 66 ¼ © T Madas

Before we look at the division of decimals let us look at the division of whole numbers into decimal places. 756 ÷ 8 = 94. 5 257 ÷ 8 = 32. 125 945 8 7 536400 32125 8 2 5171020400 94 remainder 4 / 8 94 ½ 32 remainder 1 / 8 32 ⅛ © T Madas

Before we look at the division of decimals let us look at the division of whole numbers into decimal places. 281 ÷ 6 = 46. 8333… 3453 ÷ 9 = 383. 666… 468333 6 2 84150202 383666 9 3 47533606060 6 46 remainder 5 / 6 46 5 6 383 remainder 6 / 9 383 6 9 = 383 2 3 © T Madas

Before we look at the division of decimals let us look at the division of whole numbers into decimal places. 608 ÷ 7 = 86. 8571… 3859 ÷ 12 = 321. 58333… 868571 7 6 048604050103 3215833 1 2 3 825197010040 0 4 4 86 remainder 6 / 7 86 6 7 321 remainder 7 / 12 321 7 12 © T Madas

Now let us look at the division of … … a decimal number by a whole number … © T Madas

Now let us look at the division of … … a decimal number by a whole number … 14. 8 ÷ 4 =3. 7 51. 7 ÷ 4 = 12. 925 37 4 1 4280 12925 4 5113710200 © T Madas

Now let us look at the division of … … a decimal number by a whole number … 74. 8 ÷ 8 =9. 35 2. 17 ÷ 8 = 0. 27125 935 8 7 428400 027125 8 2 1571020400 © T Madas

Now let us look at the division of … … a decimal number by a whole number … 23. 82 ÷ 6 = 3. 97 397 6 2 358420 0. 125 ÷ 9 = 0. 013888… 0013888 9 0 1 235808080 8 © T Madas

Now let us look at the division of … … a decimal number by a whole number … 51. 843 ÷ 7 = 7. 40614… 740614 7 5 12804 310302 49. 58 ÷ 12 = 4. 131666… 4131666 1 2 4 91538208080 0 8 8 © T Madas

Now let us look at the division of … … any number by a decimal number … x 10 2350 = 587. 5 235 ÷ 0. 4 = = 4 0. 4 x 10 5875 4 2 33530200 x 10 4060 = 338. 333… 406 ÷ 1. 2 = = 1. 2 x 10 12 33833 1 2 4 04610040404 © T Madas

Now let us look at the division of … … any number by a decimal number … x 100 37 = 148 37 ÷ 0. 25 = = 25 0. 25 x 100 148 2 5 3 71202000 Q: How many quarters in 37? A: 37 x 4 = 148 x 10 31. 85 318. 5 = 21. 233… 31. 85 ÷ 1. 5 = = 15 1. 5 x 10 21233 1 5 3 1183550505 © T Madas

Carry out the following divisions without a calculator, giving your final answer correct to 3 decimal places where appropriate: 1. 614 ÷ 4 = 2. 773 ÷ 4 = 3. 127 ÷ 8 = 4. 346 ÷ 6 = 5. 1815 ÷ 7 = 6. 7865 ÷ 9 = 7. 4341 ÷ 12 = 8. 95. 5 ÷ 4 = 9. 639. 6 ÷ 5 = 10. 79. 605 ÷ 3 = 11. 74. 65 ÷ 8 = 12. 37. 5 ÷ 12 = 13. 1. 78 ÷ 9 = 14. 0. 95 ÷ 8 = 15. 342 ÷ 0. 4 = 16. 455 ÷ 0. 3 = 17. 783 ÷ 1. 2 = 18. 4. 536 ÷ 1. 2 = 19. 1. 87 ÷ 0. 011 = 20. 1. 5 ÷ 0. 35 = 21. 56. 5 ÷ 1. 25 = © T Madas