Contributor: Maya Moore . Lesson ID: 14156
Ten is an incredible number! When you divide by ten, the results are always spot on! Dive in to discover how to use ten in division and unlock its amazing math powers!
It means you did everything just right! Ten is a fantastic number that often represents excellence.
Get ready to discover how dividing by 10 can make math easier and more fun!
Introducing...the incredible, the amazing number 10!
Most people have ten fingers and ten toes, so ten is famous for that! Ten is also what you count down from before launching a rocket!
Life wouldn’t be the same without the number 10! It’s not just fun; it’s super useful in math too, especially in division.
Dividing certain numbers by ten makes things a breeze.
Put on your thinking cap, and look at it in different ways!
Add Up the Tens
When you divide by ten, you can think of it as adding up the tens.
Here’s how.
10 + 10 + 10 = 30
Since there are three tens, 10 goes into 30 three times. So, the answer is 3!
Group the Tens
You can also think of division as putting things in groups.
Imagine you have 40 stickers or stuffed animals. Now, divide those 40 items into ten groups.
That's your answer!
When you divide 40 by 10, you’re finding out how many tens fit into 40.
Using objects, it looks something like this.
Each circled group has ten squares in it. If you count the groups, there are four of them.
That means 10 goes into 40 four times. So the answer is 4!
You can also write the expression with symbols. This is fun and saves time!
Write the Expression
You can also express division using symbols, which is fun and saves time!
Here’s how you write it for 40 divided by 10.
40 | ÷ | 10 | = | 4 | or | 40 | = | 4 | or | 10 | 40 | = | 4 | ||
10 |
This means "forty divided by ten" or "ten divided into forty." Either way, the answer is 4!
Join the Club!
Here are the numbers in the 10 club.
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
They all have groups of ten in them, making it super easy to divide them by ten!
If you want to learn more about grouping, check out the video below.
Head over to the Got It? section to test your knowledge!