Multiplying Decimals
What is 2.4 × 3?
Answer: 7.2
What is 6.4 ÷ 2?
Answer: 3.2
You buy 2 brownies that cost $1.50 each. How much do you spend?
Answer: $3.00
Each ribbon is 1.2 meters long. How long are 3 ribbons altogether?
Answer:3.6 meters
Without calculating the exact answer, will 3.5 × 2 be greater than or less than 3.5?
Answer: Greater than 3.5
What is 1.25 × 4?
Answer: 5
What is 8.4 ÷ 4?
Answer: 2.1
You buy 3 notebooks for $2.25 each. What is the total cost?
Answer: $6.75
A pitcher holds 2.4 liters of juice. How much juice is in 5 pitchers?
Answer: 12 liters
What is 0.8 × 0.6?
Answer: 0.48
What is 3.6 × 2.5?
Answer: 9
What is 15.75 ÷ 5?
Answer: 3.15
You split $18.60 equally among 4 friends. How much does each friend receive?
Answer: $4.65
A 9.6-meter rope is cut into 4 equal pieces. How long is each piece?
Answer: 2.4 meters
What is 7.35 ÷ 3?
Answer: 2.45
What is 4.28 × 1.5?
Answer: 6.42
What is 28.56 ÷ 6?
Answer: 4.76
A toy costs $7.85. You buy 3 toys. How much do you spend?
Answer: $23.55
A baker uses 1.25 cups of flour for each batch. How much flour is needed for 6 batches?
Answer: 7.5 cups
A student says that 4.8 ÷ 2 = 2.4. Explain why the answer makes sense.
Answer: The answer makes sense because 2.4 + 2.4 = 4.8. Dividing 4.8 into 2 equal groups gives 2.4 in each group.
What is 12.45 × 2.4?
Answer: 29.88
What is 145.2 ÷ 12?
Answer: 12.1
A 12-pound bag of candy costs $31.80. What is the cost per pound?
Answer: $2.65 per pound
A runner travels 18.75 miles in 3 days, running the same distance each day. How many miles does the runner travel each day?
Answer: 6.25 miles
A school has 24.6 liters of juice to pour equally into 12 containers. How many liters go into each container? Explain how you know.
Answer: 2.05 liters per container. Multiplying 2.05 × 12 gives 24.6, confirming the answer.