Dividing Decimals

Question

- The dividend is the number being _, and the divisor is the number it is being divided by.
- The quotient is the result of dividing one number by another.
- A power of 10 is the product of 10 multiplied by _ any number of times.

0.9 ÷ 10 = 0.09

0.9 is dividend
10 is _
0.09 is quotient

Answer 1

Here are the completed sentences:

• The dividend is the number being divided, and the divisor is the number it is being divided by.
• The quotient is the result of dividing one number by another.
• A power of 10 is the product of 10 multiplied by itself any number of times.

In your example:

0.9 ÷ 10 = 0.09

0.9 is the dividend
10 is the divisor
0.09 is the quotient