Decimals - Divide 1 or 2 Digits by 100 - Worksheet

The worksheet guides children through the concept of dividing 1 or 2-digit numbers by 100, helping them to understand that this operation splits the number into 100 equal parts, making it 100 times smaller. The use of counters on a place value chart is a key teaching tool, allowing students to visually grasp how digits shift positions when dividing by 100. Emphasis is placed on the role of the zero as a placeholder, reinforcing its importance in number placement. A variety of tasks are presented, including matching numbers with their divided results and calculating divisions with both 1 and 2-digit numbers.

Further exercises on the worksheet focus on fluency and precision, where students practice moving counters two columns to the right on a place value chart to divide numbers by 100, and then identifying the new value of the counters. For example, dividing 1 by 100 results in 0.01, and dividing 43 by 100 results in 0.43. The worksheet also includes a reasoning and problem-solving section, where students explore patterns in division by 100, such as the sequence of dividing 6,000, 600, 60, and 6 by 100. They are asked to apply this pattern to 7,000 and to discuss the relationship between a number and its divided result, confirming the understanding that a number becomes 100 times smaller when divided by 100.