Lesson: Dividing Decimals: Decimal Quotients Mathematics • 5th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to explain the result of multiplying by 10 when dividing with decimals and use it to calculate quotients using long division.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

multiply decimals by 10 or 100 so that the dividend and the divisor are whole numbers and then divide,
understand that multiplying both the dividend and the divisor by the same number will not change the quotient,
calculate the quotient using long division,
place the decimal point correctly in the quotient.

Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

Given that , find the value of .

Q2:

Daniel uses the number fact to evaluate . What result does he find?

Q3:

Benjamin buys 6.75 kilograms of apples. He is going to make bags of apples weighing 0.75 kilograms each. How many bags does he need?