diff --git a/src/decn/decn.c b/src/decn/decn.c
index b3300d1..9af3601 100644
--- a/src/decn/decn.c
+++ b/src/decn/decn.c
@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@
 #include "../utils.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG
-//#define DEBUG_ADD
-#define DEBUG_MULT
 //#define DEBUG_COMPARE_MAGN
+//#define DEBUG_ADD
+//#define DEBUG_MULT
+//#define DEBUG_DIV
 
 #ifndef DESKTOP
 #undef DEBUG
-#undef DEBUG_ADD
 #undef DEBUG_COMPARE_MAGN
+#undef DEBUG_ADD
 #undef DEBUG_MULT
+#undef DEBUG_DIV
 #endif
 
 #ifdef DESKTOP
@@ -672,6 +674,54 @@ void mult_decn(dec80* acc, const dec80* x){
 	//normalize
 	remove_leading_zeros(acc);
 }
+
+void div_decn(dec80* acc, const dec80* x){
+	dec80 tmp; //copy of x, holds current 1/x estimate
+	dec80 acc_copy; //holds copy of original acc
+	uint8_t i;
+	//check divide by zero
+	if (decn_is_zero(x)){
+		set_dec80_NaN(acc);
+		return;
+	}
+	//store copy of acc for final multiply by 1/x
+	copy_decn(&acc_copy, acc);
+	//get initial estimate for 1/x, by negating exponent, and setting signif. to 1
+	set_exponent(&tmp, -get_exponent(x), (x->exponent < 0));
+	tmp.lsu[0] = 10; //1 with implicit point
+	for (i = 1; i < DEC80_NUM_LSU; i++){
+		tmp.lsu[i] = 0;
+	}
+	copy_decn(acc, &tmp);
+	//do newton raphson iterations
+	for (i = 0; i < 20; i++){ //just fix number of iterations for now
+#ifdef DEBUG_DIV
+		char buf[80];
+		dec80_to_str(buf, &tmp);
+		printf("%2d: %s\n", i, buf);
+#endif
+		mult_decn(acc, x);
+#ifdef DEBUG_DIV
+		dec80_to_str(buf, acc);
+		printf("  %20s: %s\n", "recip*x", buf);
+#endif
+		negate_decn(acc);
+		add_decn(acc, &DECN_1);
+#ifdef DEBUG_DIV
+		dec80_to_str(buf, acc);
+		printf("  %20s: %s\n", "(1-recip*x)", buf);
+#endif
+		mult_decn(acc, &tmp);
+#ifdef DEBUG_DIV
+		dec80_to_str(buf, acc);
+		printf("  %20s: %s\n", "recip * (1-recip*x)", buf);
+#endif
+		add_decn(acc, &tmp);
+		//new_est(acc) = recip + (1 - recip*x)*recip, where tmp is current recip estimate
+		copy_decn(&tmp, acc);
+	}
+	//acc now holds 1/x, multiply by original acc to complete division
+	mult_decn(acc, &acc_copy);
 }
 
 //buf should hold at least 18 + 4 + 5 + 1 = 28
diff --git a/src/decn/decn.h b/src/decn/decn.h
index 04be408..2f1b38e 100644
--- a/src/decn/decn.h
+++ b/src/decn/decn.h
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ typedef struct {
 	//implicit decimal point between (lsu[0]/10) and (lsu[0]%10)
 } dec80;
 
+//1 constant
+static const dec80 DECN_1 = {
+	0,
+	{10, 0}
+};
+
 //remove sign bit, and return 15 bit exponent sign-extended to 16 bits
 int16_t get_exponent(const dec80* x);
 
@@ -39,6 +45,7 @@ void negate_decn(dec80* x);
 int8_t compare_decn(dec80* a, dec80* b); //a<b: -1, a==b: 0, a>b: 1
 void add_decn(dec80* acc, const dec80* x);
 void mult_decn(dec80* acc, const dec80* x);
+void div_decn(dec80* acc, const dec80* x);
 
 //buf should hold at least 18 + 4 + 5 + 1 = 28
 #define DECN_BUF_SIZE 28
diff --git a/src/decn/decn_test.c b/src/decn/decn_test.c
index bef9385..0c1e54a 100644
--- a/src/decn/decn_test.c
+++ b/src/decn/decn_test.c
@@ -73,5 +73,17 @@ int main(void){
 	dec80_to_str(buf, &acc);
 	printf("acc*b: %s\n\n", buf);
 
+	//new acc and b for divide test
+	build_dec80(&acc,  "3.14", 88);
+	build_dec80(&b,   "-1.5", -2);
+	dec80_to_str(buf, &acc);
+	printf(" acc: %s\n", buf);
+	dec80_to_str(buf, &b);
+	printf("   b: %s\n", buf);
+	div_decn(&acc, &b);
+	dec80_to_str(buf, &acc);
+	printf("acc/b: %s\n", buf);
+
+
 	return 0;
 }