Divide by 1000
for 4th grade

Divide by 1000 without calculator

To divide by 1000, all you have to do is move the decimal point three places to the left. The number gets smaller because you're splitting it into one thousand equal sized parts. Let's see how this works with some examples:

Divide 6000 by 1000

6000 has no decimal point, so let's put one in, right after the last digit: 6000.0

Now, move the decimal point three place to the left: 6000.0 becomes 6.0000

That's it: 6000 ÷ 1000 = 6

Divide 1277 by 1000

1277 has no visible decimal point, so let's put it in, right after the last digit: 1277.0

Now, move the decimal point three places to the left: 1277.0 becomes 1.2770

So 1277 ÷ 1000 = 1.277

Remember, when you divide by 1000, you are sharing the number into one thousand equal parts. That means the number gets a lot smaller. So the answer to a division by 1000 should always be a much smaller number than the starting number.

Divide 12.98 by 1000

So, move the decimal point three places to the left: 12.98 becomes 0.01298

12.98 ÷ 1000 = 0.01298

This topic asks you to calculate division by 1000 for each given number. The numbers to divide range from 1000 up to 200,000.

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