Dividing Decimals – Grade 5 Math Help with Dividing Decimals

By Stuart Ackerman

     In grade 5 math, your child will be introduced to dividing decimals in various ways.

     Your child will learn:

·      to divide decimal hundredths

•  to divide decimal tenths
•  to estimate quotients
•  to estimate when dividing decimals

     Your child should be familiar with the appropriate vocabulary related to grade 5 dividing decimals such as:

·       hundredths

•    tenths
•    estimating

How you can help your child at home:

1. Make your child aware of the fact that when dividing by 10, 100 or 1000, your child must move the decimal to the left (1 space per zero).

     The more practice your child has with grade 5 division of decimals at home, the better his or her division of decimal skills will become.

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