0.04 divided by 5 My 11 year old son needs to know the method for dividing decimals as above. Thank you

We'll change the decimal 0.04 to a fraction,
4/100.

We'll move the decimal point in 0.04, 2 places to
the right and we'll transform the decimal number into a whole number, also, we'll move
the decimal point in denominator, the same number of
places:

0.04/1.0 = 0.4/10.0 =
4.0/100.0

Now, we'll divide both, numerator and
denominator, by 4:

4/100 =
1/25

Now, we'll divide the ratio1/25 by
5:

(1/25)/5 = 1/25*5 =
1/125

Now, we'll divide
1:125

1 : 125 =
0.008

10

100

1000

The
result of division:

0.04 : 5 =
0.008

We also can calculate in
this way:

0.04 :
5

We'll move the decimal point in the dividend (0.04) 2
places to the right:

4 :
500

We'll write to the right the result of division of 4
and 500:

4:500 = 0

We'll place
the decimal point after 0 result and we'll divide 40 by
500:

40 : 500 = 0.0

400: 500 =
0.00

4000:500 =
0.008