1. Make the number you are dividing by an integer
Literacy
Research
Memory
1.95 ÷ 0.03
Make the number you are dividing by an integer
0.03 x 100 = 3
You must now multiply the other number by the same amount to keep the question in proportion
1.95 x 100 = 195
Divide:
195 ÷ 3 = 65
Decimal
Divide
Proportion
How could you use dividing fractions to divide by a decimal?
e.g. 20 ÷ 0.4
Skill
Work out the following:
20 ÷ 0.4
24 ÷ 0.03
250 ÷ 0.25
0.4 ÷ 0.02
7.76 ÷ 0.08
31.99 ÷ 0.07
0.14 ÷ 0.07
0.2 ÷
0.8 ÷
Challenge
Penelope has seen the same dress online in two different countries. In France the dress is euros and in America the dress is dollars.
The exchange rates are below:
£1 = 1.13 euro
£1 = $1.33
From which country should she order the dress?
What assumptions have you made and how could this affect your answer to part a?