Dividing by 10

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will learn to divide by 10, which is the easiest division — just remove the zero!

🏪 Market Story

Bola has ₦80 in ₦10 notes. How many notes does she have? ₦80 ÷ ₦10 = 8 notes. She just removes the zero from 80 to get 8!

📝 Let's Learn

Dividing by 10 is the opposite of multiplying by 10. To multiply by 10, you add a zero. To divide by 10, you remove a zero.

• 10 ÷ 10 = 1
• 20 ÷ 10 = 2
• 30 ÷ 10 = 3
• 50 ÷ 10 = 5
• 100 ÷ 10 = 10
• 200 ÷ 10 = 20
• 500 ÷ 10 = 50

Example 1: 70 ÷ 10 = 7. Just remove the zero.

Example 2: ₦150 ÷ 10 = ₦15. Remove one zero.

Example 3: ₦1,000 ÷ 10 = ₦100. Remove one zero.

✏️ Practice Questions

1. What is 90 ÷ 10?
2. Emeka has ₦60 in ₦10 notes. How many notes does he have?
3. A shopkeeper has ₦400. She divides it into groups of ₦10. How many groups?

Click to see answers

1. 90 ÷ 10 = 9.
2. ₦60 ÷ 10 = 6 notes.
3. ₦400 ÷ 10 = 40 groups.

💡 Remember

Dividing by 10 is super easy: just remove one zero! If the number ends in zero, division by 10 always works cleanly.