1. Division with tenths.
I am learning to do simple division by a whole number with tenths in the answer.
Questions like 4.2 ÷ 7 = ?

2. chocolate
chocolate
There are 4.8 chocolate bars which must be shared between 4 people. How much chocolate should each person get?
4.8 ÷ 4 = ?
chocolate
Step 1: Imagine the 4.8 chocolate bars.
chocolate
Person 1
Person 2
Person 3
Person 4
Step 2: Start by sharing the 4 wholes between 4 people.
4 ÷ 4 = 1
Step 3: Share the tenths between the 4 people.
You can see each person got 1 whole and 2 tenths.
4.8 ÷ 4 = 1.2

3. chocolate
chocolate
There are 3.2 chocolate bars which must be shared between 4 people. How much chocolate should each person get?
3.2 ÷ 4 = ?
chocolate
Step 1: Imagine the 3.2 chocolate bars.
Step 2: There are 3 bars but only 4 people so we can’t give everyone one bar. First we must remove the tenths from their packets.
Person 1
Person 2
Step 3: There are 32 tenths which must be shared between 4 people. How many tenths should each person get?
Person 3
Person 4
32 tenths ÷ 4 =
8 tenths
3.2 ÷ 4 = 0.8

4. Now try these questions on your own
Now try these questions on your own. You may need some blocks to help you work these out.
Click again when you have completed each question and the answer will be displayed.
9 ÷ 5 = ?
2.6 ÷ 2 = ?
3.6 ÷ 9 = ?
4.8 ÷ 8 = ?
1.5 ÷ 3 = ?
1.8
1.3
0.4
0.6
0.5
Need some more practise? Try Teacher Tools Addition and Subtraction Book or Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Book Numeracy resources