Printable Dividing by 10 Flash Cards
Dividing by 10 is place value in action: knock the final zero off — 70 ÷ 10 = 7 — because dividing by ten shifts every digit one column right. These fold-over flashcards cover 10 ÷ 10 through 120 ÷ 10.
How to Use These Flash Cards
This deck runs fast, so use it the way the 10 times table deck is used: as a warm-up of guaranteed wins, and as the anchor for estimating harder divisions (how many 10s fit in 84 brackets the answer to 84 ÷ 9 and 84 ÷ 12). Connect it to dimes: 90 cents is 9 dimes.
How to Cut and Fold
- Print the PDF single-sided on plain paper or light cardstock.
- Cut along the solid lines to separate the cards.
- Fold each card along the dashed center line so the answer sits behind the question, and turn the card over like a page to check.
- Optional: a dab of glue inside the fold makes a sturdy double-thick card.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does dividing by 10 just remove a zero?
Dividing by ten shifts every digit one place-value column to the right — tens become ones, hundreds become tens. When the number ends in 0, that shift looks like deleting the zero.
What happens when a number that does not end in 0 is divided by 10?
There is a remainder — 84 ÷ 10 is 8 remainder 4 — or, later on, a decimal: 8.4. The cards in this deck all end in 0, so every answer here is exact.
How does dividing by 10 help with harder division?
It anchors estimates: knowing 120 ÷ 10 = 12 brackets what 120 ÷ 12 must be. Strong 10s make the neighboring families faster to reason about.