When dividing a number by 100, how does the position of the decimal point change?

It moves two places to the right.

It moves two places to the left.

It moves one place to the right.

It moves one place to the left.

Mentally Dividing Decimal Numbers by 10 and by 100 Practice — Grade 6 math

1. Calculate the value of $34.7 \div 10$. The answer is ___.
2. When dividing a number by 100, how does the position of the decimal point change?
- A. It moves two places to the right.
- B. It moves two places to the left.
- C. It moves one place to the right.
- D. It moves one place to the left.
3. A stack of 100 identical paper sheets is 45.9 mm thick. The thickness of one sheet of paper is ___ mm.
4. A factory produced a wire 628.5 meters long. If the wire is cut into 100 equal pieces, what is the length of one piece?
- A. 62.85 meters
- B. 6.285 meters
- C. 0.6285 meters
- D. 62850 meters
5. A group of 10 friends equally shared the cost of a trip, which was 295.50 dollars. How much did each friend pay in dollars? ___
6. Use the rule for dividing by 10 to calculate the value of $58.3 \div 10$. The answer is ___.
7. When a positive decimal number is divided by 10, what is the effect on the number's value?
- A. The number becomes 10 times larger.
- B. The number becomes 10 times smaller.
- C. The number stays the same.
- D. The number becomes 100 times smaller.
8. Calculate the result of $0.62 \div 10$. The answer is ___.
9. A baker has a bag of flour weighing $147.5$ ounces. If she divides it into 10 equal smaller bags, what is the weight of the flour in each smaller bag?
- A. 1.475 ounces
- B. 14.75 ounces
- C. 1475 ounces
- D. 14.075 ounces
10. An integer like 8 can be written as $8.0$. Using this fact, what is the value of $8 \div 10$? The answer is ___.