Understand and Apply Division of Decimal Numbers to Solve Problems

You are going to spend some valuable time practising for the SATs maths papers.

In this activity, you will practise using the bus stop division method to divide decimal numbers by integers.

You will also have to solve some worded problems using this method.

Example 1: bus stop division

Here is a quick recap of how the above calculation was carried out:

1. How many 2s go into the first digit, 6? Answer = 3, write on the line.

2. Put the decimal point in!

3. How many 2s go into 7? Answer = 3 with a remainder 1. The remainder 1 is carried over to the 2 to make 12.

4. How many 2s go into 12? Answer = 6.

Example 2: Using the bus stop method to solve division problems using decimal numbers.

Sam buys 4 pots of paint for £8.12, how much does one pot cost?

Answer = £2.03

See the working out below using the bus stop method.

Over to you now to have a go at some questions yourself!