Channel 4 Learning



Programme 2: Not the Great Big Hen Again
Dividing any positive integer by 10 or 100

The challenge for the contestants is dividing numbers by 10. Bad Man allows them a decimal point in the warm-up session. Sad Man uses a little green pea to demonstrate with his Eggy Zeros. The Maths Monster Divider demonstrates, with alarming speed, what happens when numbers are divided by ten and sings a catchy tune about moving digits to the right. The contestants take note of his advice and win again.

Viewers' Challenge

Divide 654321 by 10, by 100, and by 1000 by moving the digits.

Answers

Click on a letter below to choose an answer.

6.54321, 65.4321, 654.321
65.4321, 654.321, 6543.21
654.321, 65.4321, 6.54321
6543.21, 654.321, 65.4321
65432.1, 6543.21, 654.321