Numeracy Worksheet - Castlebrae Community High School - 2012 Page 13

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Division
Dividing by multiples of 10 and 100
one
To divide by 10 you move every digit
place to the right.
two
To divide by 100 you move every digit
places to the right.
Example 1 (a) 8450 ÷ 10
(b) 37.9 ÷ 100
Level 2
Th
H
T
U
 t
H
T
U 
t
h
th
8
4
5
0 
3
7
9
8
4
5 
0
 3
7
9
8450 ÷ 10 = 845
37.9 ÷ 100 = 0.379
(c) 440 ÷ 40
(d) 85.6 ÷ 200
Level 3
To divide by 40, divide by 4,
To divide by 200, divide by 2,
then by 10.
then by 100.
440 ÷ 4 = 110
85.6 ÷ 2 = 42.8
110 ÷ 10 = 11
42.8 ÷ 100 = 0.428
So 440 ÷ 40 = 11
So 85.6 ÷ 200 = 0.428
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L Watson 2012

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