6th grade dividing decimals worksheets
Sixth grade divides by a decimal, written horizontally: 4.8 ÷ 0.6. The move is to shift both decimal points the same number of places until the divisor is whole (48 ÷ 6), because multiplying both numbers by ten doesn't change the answer.
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The kind of problems you'll get
Divide. Move the decimal point to make the divisor whole.
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4.08 ÷ 0.6 =
Answer: 6.8
- 2.7 ÷ 0.9 =
- 11.7 ÷ 0.9 =
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What's on each sheet
- Fluency. Divide. Move the decimal point to make the divisor whole. 12 questions per page.
Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.
How to teach this
Say the why out loud once: moving both points one place is multiplying both numbers by 10, so 48 ÷ 6 asks the same question as 4.8 ÷ 0.6. Have your child rewrite each problem with the points already moved before dividing anything. If an answer looks ten times too big or too small, the points moved unevenly. That's the spot to recheck.
Watch for: Kids drop the decimal point once the dividing starts, writing 12 for 9.6 ÷ 8. Place the point in the answer first, straight above the one under the bracket. Kids move only one number's decimal point. The trick works because both move together, the same number of places, like multiplying both numbers by 10.
Common questions about dividing decimals
- How does dividing by a decimal work?
- Move both decimal points the same number of places to the right until the divisor is a whole number: 4.8 ÷ 0.6 becomes 48 ÷ 6. Both numbers got ten times bigger, so the answer doesn't change.
- Why are these written horizontally instead of with a bracket?
- Because the skill being practiced is the rewrite. Your child turns each problem into a whole number division first, and most of those quotients are ones a sixth grader can do mentally.
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Aligned to Common Core 6.NS.B.3. Reviewed by the One more sheet curriculum team. Content version 123, updated July 2026.