Decimal Point Patterns
Estimating Quotients
Decimal divided by Whole Number
Whole Number divided by Decimal
Decimal divided by Decimal
100

What is: 

3.2 ÷ 1

3.2 ÷ 10

3.2 ÷ 100

3.2

.32

.032

100

Using estimation, would 4.57 ÷ 5 be more or less than 1 whole?

Less

100

What is the quotient of 1.8 ÷ 6?

0.3

100

What is the quotient of 14 ÷ 0.2?

70

100

Which division problem is equivalent to 8.96 ÷ 0.32?

A) 896 ÷ 32

B) 896 ÷ 3.2

C) 89.2 ÷ 32

D) 8,960 ÷ 32

A

200

What is:

4.9 ÷ 1

4.9 ÷ 0.1

4.9 ÷ 0.01

4.9

49

490

200

Using estimation, would 1.5 ÷ 0.3 be more or less than 1 whole?

More

200

What is the quotient of 0.20 ÷ 5?

0.04

200

What is the quotient of 28 ÷ 0.07?

400

200

What is the quotient of 2.8 ÷ 0.7?

4

300

Aria has $2.84 worth of pennies in her coin collection. How many pennies does Aria have?

284

300

Dominic gets a solution of 5 when solving 435 ÷ 8.7. Is this a reasonable solution? Explain.

No. When I rounded, I got 4,500 ÷ 90 = 50.

300

What is the quotient of 1.23 ÷ 3?

0.41

300

What is the quotient of 75 ÷ 0.25?

300

300

What is the quotient of 6.3 ÷ 0.03?

210

400

Ryan has $3.20 in dimes. How many dimes does Ryan have?

32

400

What is a good estimate for 7.85 ÷ 0.4?

80 ÷ 4 = 20

750 ÷ 50 = 15

760 ÷ 40 = 19

800 ÷ 40 = 20

400
Rose uses 1.35 pounds of meat to make 5 sandwiches. She puts the same amount of meat on each sandwich. How much meat did Rose use to make each sandwich?

0.27 pounds of meat

400

Alex has $12 in nickels. How many nickels does Alex have?

240

400

What is the quotient of 7.5 ÷ 0.02?

375

500

Melanie rides her bicycle 42.4 miles in 10 days. If she rides the same amount each day, how many miles does she ride each day?

4.24 miles

500

Which equations show a reasonable estimate for the quotient of 7.41 ÷ 0.08 using powers of 10 and compatible numbers? Select all that apply.

A) 70 ÷ 1 = 70

B) 720 ÷ 8 = 90

C) 72 ÷ 8 = 9

D) 70 ÷ 10 = 7

A & B

500

Anastaysha has 8.56 ounces of beads to make 8 bracelets. Each bracelet uses the same amount of beads. How many ounces of beads will each bracelet use?

1.07 ounces

500

Wynn is going for a run. He runs 15 miles. He runs 0.2 miles per minute. How many minutes did it take Wynn to run 15 miles?

75 minutes

500

Michael completed a 26.4 mile race in 2.2 hours. If he ran the same amount of miles each hour, how many miles did Matthew run each hour?

12 miles

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