Dividing by Multiples of 10 Worksheets for 5th Grade

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Grade 5MathMultiplication & DivisionCCSS 5.NBT.B.6

Skill: Dividing multi-digit numbers by two-digit multiples of 10

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Teaching tips and what to try next

Best for fifth graders who divide by one-digit numbers confidently and have worked through Dividing Multiples of 10, 100 and 1,000. A quick estimate, such as "about 50 groups," before dividing catches answers that are ten times too big or too small. Take the next step with uneven numbers in Long Division With Two-Digit Divisors, or look at place-value patterns in Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of 10.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

Before fifth graders tackle long division with two-digit divisors, they need to be comfortable dividing by numbers like 20, 40 and 80. These problems can be solved with a basic fact once the zeros are handled well. This fifth-grade worksheet gives sixteen problems like 2,400 ÷ 60 and 360 ÷ 40.

Every divisor is a multiple of 10 from 20 to 90. The dividends have three or four digits, and every problem divides evenly, with answers from 2 to 120. Some answers are a single basic fact, such as 360 ÷ 40 = 9, and others end in zero, such as 4,800 ÷ 60 = 80. The mix makes children think about the size of the answer instead of only counting zeros. Each of the ten versions has new problems and its own answer key.

How to use it: show your child that dividing both numbers by 10 does not change the answer. So 2,400 ÷ 60 is the same as 240 ÷ 6, which is 40. Another way to think about it is with tens: 2,400 is 240 tens, and 60 is 6 tens, so the question is how many groups of 6 tens fit in 240 tens. Encourage your child to estimate first and to check each answer by multiplying it by the divisor. A common mistake is to cross off too many zeros, so check that the same number was crossed off in both numbers.

The answer key shows every answer. For the fourth-grade version, try our Dividing Multiples of 10, 100 and 1,000 worksheet. For the next step, try our Long Division With Two-Digit Divisors worksheet.