Word Problems
Decimal Dividends
Decimal Divisors
Decimal Dividends & Divisors
Mixed Bag
100

5 cantaloupes weigh a total of 19.9 pounds. How much does each cantaloupes weigh?

What is 3.98 pounds for each cantaloupe

100
5.75 divided by 5 =_____
What is 1.15?
100
305 divided by .5 =_____
What is 610?
100
This is where you will move the decimal in the divisor to before dividing in the equation 4.9 divided by 1.4
What is after the 4?
100
$2.50 x ______ = $20
What is 8?
200

Neal spent $94.80 on 6 tickets to the water park. What was the cost of one ticket?

What is $15.80

200
.546 divided by 7 = _____
What is .078?
200
369 divided by .6 = _____
What is 615?
200
3.6 divided by 1.2 = _____
What is 3?
200
16.5 divided by 5 = _____
What is 3.3?
300

There are 19.6 grams of protein in 4 ounces of cashews. About how many grams of protein are in one ounce of cashews?

What is 4.9 grams of protein

300
30.63 divided by 6 = _____
What is 5.105?
300
78 divided by .3 = _____
What is 260?
300
This is the first step in dividing a decimal number by a decimal number.
What is move the decimal point in the divisor to the right to make the divisor a whole number?
300
54.02 divided by .02 = _____
What is 2,701?
400

Lisa and her 3 friends bought a package of pencils for $2.56. How much will each friend pay to the nearest cent if the cost is divided equally?

What is 0.64 cents

400
367.2 divided by 16 = _____
What is 22.95?
400
78 divided by .03 = _____
What is 2,600?
400
25.8 divided by 3.2 = _____
What is 8.0625?
400
True or false: The dividend is ALWAYS greater than the divisor.
What is false? Not with decimals!!
500

Is the quotient for 84 รท 0.12 greater than or less than 84?

What is greater than because 0.12 is not a whole number so there is a greater amount that fit into a larger number

500
12.80 divided by 8 = _____
What is 1.60?
500
_______ x .04 = 98
What is 2,450?
500
This is the second step in dividing a decimal number by a decimal number.
What is move the decimal point in the dividend to the right the same number of places you moved it in the divisor?
500

John and Mary took their 3 cousins to lunch. Their bill came to $63.75. If each meal cost the same amount, and every person ate, how much was each person's lunch?

What is $12.75?

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