Simple Division

Free interactive math game: Simple Division — By Integer. Part of the Decimal Fractions category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. 21.6 : 8 =
  2. 9.2 : 2 =
  3. 1.4 : 7 =
  4. 1.2 : 3 =

About this exercise

Dividing a decimal by a whole number.

How to solve it

Split the decimal by place value and divide each part on its own: the ones separately, the tenths separately. The point in the answer keeps its position.

Worked example

4.8 : 4 = 1.2, because 4 : 4 = 1 and 8 tenths : 4 = 2 tenths.

Common mistake

Shifting the point sideways. Dividing by a whole number leaves the decimal point exactly where it stood.