A quick problem to test your middle schoolers' knowledge of dividing with decimals. Also a good practice of unit rates, they must compute the cost of one gallon of gas when given the total amount for a fill up. Can be used as a preface...

You are used to teaching repeating decimals with bar notation that keeps us from writing that number over and over again; now teach what the over and over again represents. This activity allows your mathematicians to explore the infinite...

Kids love to cook! What is a better place to learn mixed numbers than with a recipe? It is up to learners to decide how they want to divide this recipe in half. They may choose to model the mixed number and then divide the model by two....

The learner puts reasoning and estimation to work. The directions are to place a decimal in the answer to make the equation true. Pupils are to look at the two problems, one multiplication and one division, and estimate an answer. No...

Is Aunt Nancy shrinking? Find out by calculating with the average height women lose each year. The activity practices multiplying and dividing with decimals and rounding the final answer.

A rational number is a ratio of two integers. Discuss with your class how to convert the rational numbers of repeating decimals to fractions. A good commentary on letting x equal the repeating decimal and multiplying each side of...

It's more than just numbers on a line, its an organizational, mental math machine to help learners understand the value of numbers. The tool is handy when introducing positive and negative integers to see their values and...

The real value of education is highlighted in more than one way on a instructional activity designed to not only add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, but also to address the correlation between...

Coming up with a menu of engaging year-end projects can be a challenge. Never fear, help is here with an article that suggests eight projects sure to capture the interest of learners of all ages.

This is a complete lesson with a video [7:56], instruction, and exercises about dividing decimals by decimals.

This excellent math resource explains and defines the meaning of percent. Multiplying and dividing by a power of 10 is incorporated as a preview to understanding scientific notation.

See how dividing with decimals works similarly to regular long division.

Explains how to divide a decimal by a whole number. Also provides some practice problems and games to test your skills.

This interactive site explains how to divide a decimal by a decimal, then offers games to practice this skill.

A tutorial explaining how to divide a decimal by a decimal.

Learn how to divide decimals by following simple steps and viewing examples. Follow a link to see animations showing how to carry out decimal division.

This site gives an answer and explanation for any conversion requested by the user.

This lesson provides basic instruction on the major concepts in algebra. Content includes a focus on fractions, units of conversion, complex numbers, quadratic equations, factorization and roots of polynomials, solving equations, systems...