Rounding
What is 25.064 rounded to the nearest tenth?
25.1
1 foot = 6 inches
How many feet would 314.4 inches convert to?
52.4 feet
Tom bought 12 bookmarks from Amazon, and paid a total of $9.60. How much did each book mark cost?
Each bookmark cost $0.80
Trisha makes blankets for cancer patients. It costs Trisha $25 to make one blanket. If Trisha is given $167, how many blankets would she be able to make?
Write and solve an equation to model your work.
167 ÷ 25 = b
b = 6.68
Trish can make 6.68 blankets
OR 6 complete blankets
Round 1,599.701 to the nearest ones place.
1,600
1 yard = 3 feet
How many yards would 819.3 feet convert to?
273.1 yards
Over the course of 7 days, Ms. Entingh read 3.92 books. She read the same amount each day. How many books did Ms. Entingh read each day?
Ms. Entingh read 0.56 books each day.
Ted wants to buy as many boxes of Girls Scout cookies as possible. If one box of cookies cost $4 and Ted has $33.89 in his wallet, how many boxes of cookies can he buy?
Write and solve an equation to model your work.
33.89 ÷ 4 = c
c = 8.47
Ted can buy 8 boxes of Girl Scout cookies
If you were to estimate this problem, how would you round the numbers?
9.45 ÷ 0.405
9 ÷ 0.4
1 gallon = 128 fluid ounces
How many gallons would 3,770.16 ounces convert to?
(Round to the nearest hundredth if needed)
29.45 gallons
A swim team spent $768.60 on 35 new pairs of goggles. Each pair of goggles cost the same.
Estimate the cost of each pair of goggles.
770 ÷ 35 = about $22 for each pair of goggles
Choose all of the equations that are equal to 8.25 ÷ 10.
82.5 ÷ 102
0.825 ÷ 1
825 ÷ 102
82.5 ÷ 10
825 ÷ 1,000
82.5 ÷ 102
0.825 ÷ 1
825 ÷ 1,000
Find the estimate:
719.74 ÷ 20.078 = ?
720 ÷ 20 = 36
1 quart = 0.95 liters
How many quarts would 16.60 liters convert to?
17.47 quarts
A swim team spent $768.60 on 35 new pairs of goggles. Each pair of goggles cost the same.
Find the exact cost of each pair of goggles.
$21.96
Write a believable word problem to go with the equation below.
78.60 ÷ 0.25 = ?
Example: Krissy decides to buy gum balls from a gum ball machine. If Krissy has $78.60 in her purse and each gum ball costs $0.25, how many gum balls can Krissy purchase?
Find the estimate by rounding to the nearest tenth:
81.58 ÷ 2.01
81.6 ÷ 2.0 = 40.8
1 foot = 12 inches
1 mile = 5,280 feet
How many miles would 202,752 inches make?
3.2 miles
(202,752 ÷ 12) ÷ 5,280 = 3.2
16,896 ÷ 5,280
John purchased 25.6 liters of paint for his art studio. A small painting usually requires 0.12 liters of paint to create.
How many small paintings would John be able to complete with the new paint?
25.6 ÷ 0.12 = 213.3
So, John could complete 213 small paintings.
Create your own division word problem, turn it into an equation, and then solve. It must include at least one decimal.
Example: Betty spend $59.40 on 15 scrunchies for her and her friends. If each scrunchie cost the same amount, how much did each scrunchie cost?
59.40 ÷ 15 = s
s = $3.96