In this Grade 5 lesson from enVision Mathematics Chapter 6, students learn how to divide a decimal by another decimal using strategies such as converting decimals to equivalent whole-number relationships, applying the inverse relationship between multiplication and division, and using place value reasoning with hundredths. The lesson connects decimal division to familiar whole-number division methods, helping students understand why the dividend and divisor can be scaled equally without changing the quotient. Real-world money contexts, such as finding the number of items purchased at a given unit price, ground the skill in practical problem-solving.
Section 1
Dividing Decimals by Converting to Whole Numbers
If we multiply both numbers by the same number, the result of the division is the same. So, we can multiply both numbers by 10 as many times as we need to to make the divisor a whole number.
Then we proceed as with whole number division.
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Section 1
Dividing Decimals by Converting to Whole Numbers
If we multiply both numbers by the same number, the result of the division is the same. So, we can multiply both numbers by 10 as many times as we need to to make the divisor a whole number.
Then we proceed as with whole number division.
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