Operations with Decimals
Operations with Fractions
Dividing with fractions and whole numbers
Word Problems
100

Find the sum of 93.8 + 38.92

132.72

100

What number multiplied by 1 1/4  has a product of 1?

4/5 or 0.8

100

There are 864 trees in even rows at a tree farm. Each row has 18 trees. How many rows are there?

48 rows

100

A farm produced 11,127 pounds of tomatoes last year. A bushel of tomatoes weighs about 60 pounds. How many bushels of tomatoes did the farm produce?

185.45 or 185  bushels

200

Estimate the sum 93.8 + 38.92 by rounding each number to its nearest whole number.

94 + 39 = 133

200

A carpenter is cutting strips of wood to make raised flower beds. She needs 8/9  yard for each strip that she cuts. Which expression(s) can she use to find how many strips of wood she will have if there are 9 2/7  yards of wood in all? Select all that apply.

  • Ⓐ    8/9 x 65/7                   
  • Ⓑ    65/7 x 9/8   
  • Ⓒ    8/9 divided by 7/65                   
  • Ⓓ    65/7 divided by 8/9                                  
  • Ⓔ    9 2/7 x 8/9

B 65/7 x 9/8

D 65/7 divided by 8/9

200

Find the quotient of 0.012 / 0.25?

0.048

200

A baseball stadium holds 7,852 fans. On opening night, the stadium owner wants to give a free bobblehead to each fan who attends the sold-out game. If each box holds 130 bobbleheads, how many boxes of bobbleheads does the stadium owner need to order to have enough for all 7,852 fans?

61 boxes

300

163.45 - 85.374 =

78.076

300

Judd has 5/7  of a tube of metallic paint. He wants to use all of the paint to paint 6 identical miniature figures. Find the amount of paint that will be used to paint each figure.

Judd uses 5/42 of a tube of paint for each figure.

300

Find the quotient of 7 divided by 4/9

15 3/4 or 15.75

300

A sheriff patrols several neighborhoods in her patrol car. It requires 2/15  of an hour to patrol an entire neighborhood. How many entire neighborhoods can the sheriff patrol in 5/6  of an hour?

6 neighborhoods

400

3.825 divided by 0.25 =

15.3

400
  • Find the quotient of  42 divided by 4 3/8. Write in simplest form.

9  3/5

400

Find the quotient of  7/8 divided by 2/3

1  5/16 or 1.3125

400

Red grapes cost $0.70/lb and green grapes cost $1.85/lb. Robbie purchases 1.75 pounds of red grapes and 3.25 pounds of green grapes. If Robbie pays for his purchase with a $20 bill, how much will he receive in change? Round the answer to the nearest cent.

$12.76

500

6750 divided by 240 =

28.125

500

Write a story context for 1 2/3 divided by 1/4 . The find the quotient, writing it in its simplest form.

Sample answer: Andy has 1 2/3 pizzas leftover from his party. How many servings of pizza are there if each serving is 1/4 of a pizza?

6  2/3 servings of pizza

500
  • Chris has 24 4/5  yards of upholstery fabric and   19 1/2 yards of drapery fabric. He cuts the upholstery fabric into 5 1/3-yard pieces and the drapery fabric into  3 2/3-yard pieces. How many more drapery pieces than upholstery pieces does Chris have?

1

500

A landscaper uses   pound of grass seed for each acre he seeds. He has 7 pounds of seed available.

  • Part A Determine how many whole acres can be planted with the available seed. 
  • Part B Calculate how much grass seed (in pounds) remains.

 11 whole acres can be planted with grass seed.


There is 1/8 pound of grass seed leftover.

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