Divide by 10, 100 and 1000 Games Online Free
Divide whole numbers by 10, 100 or 1,000, like 4,500 ÷ 100. Each zero moves the digits one place to the right.
Type answers on your keyboard, or tap the number pad.
Practise these again:
How do you divide by 10, 100 and 1,000?
Dividing by 10 moves every digit one place to the right, so 450 becomes 45. Dividing by 100 moves them two places, and by 1,000 three places. Every answer in this game is a whole number, so it looks like taking zeros off the end.
It’s the reverse of multiply by 10, 100 and 1000.
How to play Divide by 10, 100 and 1000
- Choose the 60-second challenge or untimed practice, then press Start.
- Type each answer on your keyboard or tap the number pad. It’s checked as soon as you’ve typed enough digits, or press ✓.
- Get one wrong and you’ll see the right answer, and the question comes back a little later.
- At the end, check your score and the facts to practise again.
Divide by 10, 100 and 1000 skills
- Dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000
- Place value: digits moving right
- Undoing multiplication by powers of 10
Level: Grades 4–5 (ages 9–11)
Tips for dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
Count the zeros in 10, 100 or 1,000 and remove that many from the end: 36,000 ÷ 1,000 = 36.
Check by multiplying back: 36 × 1,000 = 36,000.
Later, the same rule works for decimals: 45 ÷ 10 = 4.5.
Divide by 10, 100 and 1000 questions and answers
Why does dividing by 10 remove a zero?
Each digit becomes worth ten times less, so it moves one place to the right. A zero in the ones place moves off the end.
Are there decimal answers?
No. Every question here divides exactly into a whole number from 1 to 99.
What grade learns this?
US fifth graders explain patterns when dividing by powers of 10, and it’s a Year 4–5 objective in England.