Division of a Decimal by a Power of a Ten

Year 7 Interactive Maths - Second Edition

Division of a Decimal by a Power of a Ten

If a decimal number is divided by a power of 10, the digits in the dividend remains unchanged but the decimal point is moved to the left by a number of places equal to the number of trailing zeros in the power of 10.

Example 31

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Example 32

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Study Another Topic in Chapter 6: Decimals

[ Decimals ] [ Representation of Decimals on a Number Line ] [ Comparing Decimals ] [ Addition of Decimals ] [ Subtraction of Decimals ] [ Multiplication of Decimals ] [ Multiplication of a Decimal by a Power of Ten ] [ Multiplication of a Decimal by a Multiple of a Power of Ten ] [ Multiplication of a Decimal Number by another Decimal Number ] [ Division of a Decimal by a Whole Number ] [ Division of a Decimal by a Power of a Ten ] [ Division of a Decimal by a Multiple of a Power of Ten ] [ Division of a Decimal by another Decimal ] [ Rounding Off ] [ Recurring Decimals ] [ Problem Solving Unit ] [ Symbols ] [ Index ]

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