Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers
What is the answer to a division problem?
quotient
Isaiah, Nyesha, Campbell, and Markel went to the UCHS football game. Their total cost for the tickets and food was $23.96. If they split the cost equally, how much will each pay?
5.99
What is the number on the outside of the division house?
divisor
A necklace is being made with beads that are 1.25 centimeters in diameter. The necklace is 30 centimeters long. How many beads are needed?
24
What is the number on the inside of a division house?
dividend
A race is 26.28 miles long. Lacey ran the marathon in 3.6 hours. On average, how many miles did she run per hour?
7.3 mph
What do you do if your divisor has a decimal?
move it out
The Vielhaber family drove 307.8 miles for a soccer tournament and used 11.4 gallons of gas. How many miles did they get per gallon of gas?
27 mpg
Fransisco made $357 last week and worked 35 hours. How much did he make per hour?
$10.20
What you do to the outside... (finish the saying)
you do to the inside
If a board 7.5 feet long is cut into 2.5 foot pieces, how many pieces will there be?
3
0.338 ÷ 1.3
0.26