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Dividing Decimals by Powers of Ten
When you divide a decimal number by 10, the result is a number which is ten times smaller.
Similary when you divide by 100, the result is one hundred times smaller than the original number.
Examples
- $60\div 10 = 6$
- $62.5\div 100 = 0.625$
Try the following questions:
| $700\div 10=$ | ||
| $5\div 100=$ | ||
| $-2.3\div 10=$ | ||
| $9.4\div 100=$ | ||
| $-37\div 1000=$ |
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