Multiplying Decimals
Margo has 6 square tiles of equal size. Each side of each tile is 0.8 inch long. Margo places all the tiles in a row with sides touching as shown. How long is the row of tiles?
4.8 inches
Coach Ann is setting up a 2.7 kilometer race/ She use flags to mark off 9 equal sections of the race. How far apart should she space the flags to mark off the section?
0.3 kilometer
Mrs. Tatum needs to share 3 grams of glitter equally among 8 art students. How many grams of glitter will each student get?
3/8 gram of glitter.
Mrs. Beaker designs a 1-mile park. She makes a square with 6/10 mile sides in her park for sports fields. How many square miles of the park does she use for sports fields?
36/100 square mile
Anya and three friends equally share 1/2 pound of peanuts. How many pounds of peanuts will each person get?
1/8 pound
Harry has 0.5 of a bottle of water in his gym bag. The bottle holds 0.9 liter of water. How many liters of water does Harry have?
0.45 liter of water
A fence is 52.5 meters in length. Posts divide the fence into sections that are each 3.5 meters in length. How many sections are in the fence?
15 sections
Five friends are equally sharing 3 packs of football cards. How many packs of cards will each friend get?
3/5 a pack
What is the area of a rectangular paper strip with a length of 1/3 yard and width of 1/6 yard?
1/18 square yard
Coach Miller bought 5 pounds of ground turkey to make burgers. The cost of ground turkey is $3.25 for each pound. What was the total cost of the ground turkey?
$16.25
Peter earns $12.40 each week completing his chores. Ria earns 1.2 times as much money per week as Peter. How much does Ria earn each week?
$14.88
Jordan has $3.80 to spend at the user book store. Each book costs $0.95. What is the greatest number of books Jordan can buy?
4 books
Trish is taking care of the Han family's dogs. The Hans leave 7 cans of dog food for the 3 days they will be away. How much food will the dogs get each day if Trish feeds them an equal amount each day?
7/3 or 2 1/3 cans
Lola lives 3/4 mile from the basketball court. She has already walked 2/3 of the way to the basketball court. How far has Lola walked?
2/4 mile
James has a rope that is 2 feet long. He cuts the rope into pieces that are 1/4 foot long. How many pieces does he cut?
8 pieces
Gia rides her bike to work at an average of 10.4 miles per hour. She bikes 1.2 hours each day. How many miles does Gina ride each day?
12.48 miles
A sticker is 1.2 centimeters wide. How many stickers will fit edge to edge on a strip of paper that is 108 centimeters long?
90 stickers
Which of the following situations can be represented by 14/5?
A. Renee has 14 feet of ribbon that she will cut into 5 pieces of equal length.
B. Logan opens 5 bags of trail mix and pours them equally into 14 bowls.
C. Arianna makes 5 equal servings of lemonade from a bottle containing 14 ounces.
D. Tim walks 14 blocks to the library and then walks another 5 blocks to home.
A and C
Colin has a chain that is 5/6 foot long. He adds links to his chain so that it is 4 1/2 times as long as the original chain. How many feet long is his chain now?
45/12, 3 9/12, or 3 3/4 feet
Coach Miller has a bag of popcorn that weighs 7.8 ounces. One serving of popcorn is 0.65 ounces. How many servings of popcorn are there in a bag?
12 servings
Manuel painted 0.75 of a rectangular banner green. After the paint dried, he painted 0.6 of the green area orange. What part of the banner is painted orange?
0.45
Keith bought 3.4 pounds of peanuts on Monday, 2.5 pounds on Tuesday, and 4 pounds on Wednesday. He is going to divide the peanuts equally between himself and two friends. How many pounds of peanuts will each friend get?
3.3 pounds
Teddy makes 32 fluid ounces of hot cocoa. He pours equal amounts of cocoa into 5 cups. The amount of hot cocoa in each cup will fall between which two whole numbers?
32/5 will fall between 6 and 7 fluid ounces.
On Saturday, Kira ran 3/4 mile. On Sunday, she ran 2 1/2 times as far as on Saturday. How far did Kira run on Sunday?
15/8 or 1 7/8 mile
Devonte is studying for a history test. He used 1/8 of a side of one sheet of paper to write notes for each historical event. He fills 2 full sides of one sheet of paper. Which a multiplication and a division expression for the problem?
2 divided by 1/8
2x8=16