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Dividing a Decimal by Ten, One Hundred or One Thousand Worksheet with Answer Key

7 problems on dividing a decimal by ten, one hundred or one thousand: moving digits right, powers of ten exponents, finding the number that was divided, comparing quotients, stacks of cards and beads, and checking Zoe's claim. 2 pages, with a worked answer key and a one-page lesson handout. Free to download, no sign-in.

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What's on the worksheet

  1. Divide by 10, 100 or 1,000, moving every digit to the right:
    5,630 ÷ 1094.2 ÷ 10708 ÷ 10026.4 ÷ 1004,005 ÷ 1,000
  2. Divide, using the exponent to tell how many places each digit moves:
    52.7 \div 10^11{,}940 \div 10^2386 \div 10^370.5 \div 10^213 \div 10^3
  3. Fill in the number that was divided in each blank, then check by dividing:
  4. Word problem: how much does one glass bead weigh if 1,000 weigh 239 grams?
  5. Write less than, greater than or equal after working out both sides:
  6. Find how thick one index card and one sheet of poster board are, and which is thicker.
  7. Is Zoe right that a whole number divided by 1,000 is always less than 1? Give examples.

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