LESSON 11 Strategies for Dividing Decimals

A gardener wants to plant seeds in small pots. He has an 8-quart bag of potting soil. He needs to fill each pot with 0.4 of a quart of soil.

1. Work with a partner to find how many pots the gardener can fill with 0.4-quart of potting soil.

Divide by Tens

Use estimation and patterns to solve the problems. Use a calculator to check your answers.

1. 10,000 ÷ 1 =
2. 10,000 ÷ 10 =
3. 10,000 ÷ 100 =
4. 10,000 ÷ 1000 =
5. 10,000 ÷ 10,000 =

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1. 15 ÷ 3 =
2. 15 ÷ 30 =
3. 15 ÷ 300 =
4. 15 ÷ 3000 =
5. 15 ÷ 30,000 =
1. 1 ÷ 1 =
2. 1 ÷ 10 =
3. 1 ÷ 100 =
4. 1 ÷ 1000 =
5. 1 ÷ 10,000 =