Dividing Decimals

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Warm UpRewrite each equation with the decimal in the correct place in the product.

1).

2).

3). Find each product. Show work.

4).

5).

6).

58.8

35.1

23.68

0.4097

-3.915

0.675

Dividing Decimals

Dividing Decimals

by a Whole Number

Dividing Decimals

by Decimals

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Dividing a Decimal by a Whole Number

6Move the decimal straight up..Now divide as with whole numbers.

7 142.642 06 6 0

Dividing Decimals by Decimals

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16 120.0

Negative times a negative is a positive. The answer is positive.

Multiply both numbers by 10 to make the divisor integer.

7.5

Divide as with whole numbers.

-112 80 80 0

Practice

1).

2).

3).

4).

1.8

-10.56

3.2

0.25

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ClosureHow are these problems alike? Different? Solve them.