Lesson: Using Number Sense to Divide Decimal Numbers Mathematics • 5th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to use estimation and number sense to place the decimal point when dividing decimals.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

understand that dividing by a decimal less than 1 makes the number bigger,
understand that if the divisor is less than the dividend, the quotient will be greater than 1,
understand that if the divisor is close to the dividend, the quotient will be close to 1,
recognize that halving the dividend will halve the quotient and doubling the dividend will double the quotient.

Q1:

Q2:

Here is a division calculation:

Use this calculation to find the result of the following division operation:

Q3:

Complete the following: The quotient is .