Dividing Fractions
5 ÷ 1⁄3 =
15
What is the value of the 3 in 123.456 compared to 54.3457
It is 10 times the value.
Carla spent $72 on candy if every bag cost $3 how many bags did she buy?
She bought 24 bags of candy.
4.3 X 6.9 =
29.67
5937 × 100
593,700
3 ÷ 1⁄5 =
15
What is the value of 7 in 71.934 compared to 7 in 92.72.
It is 100 times the value.
If Piesa spends $98 on 4 pizzas. How much was one pizza?
One pizza was $24.50.
32.68 ÷ 4
8.17
23.74 ÷ 100
.2374
2 ÷ 1⁄4 =
8
What is the value of the 6 in 6981.32 versus the 6 in 21.685?
The value is 1000 x's more.
Sasha spends $1,596 on 42 dog beds. How much was each dog bed?
Each dog bed cost her $38.
2.7 X 0.8 =
2.16
5.67 ÷ 0.1
56.7
1⁄4 ÷ 4 =
1⁄16
What is the value of the 2 in 51.289 versus the value of the 2 in 426.49
It is 1/100 the value.
If Pierre hits 4,248 base balls over the course of 12 years. How many did he hit in one year?
He hit 354 baseballs in one year.
652.4 ÷ 7
93.2
Describe what is happening to the value of the digits and to the number of 0s in the product in each of these correct products.
75 × 101 = 750
75 × 102 = 7,500
75 × 103 = 75,000
75 × 10 4 = 750,000
The value of the digits increases in each case. The
The product is 10 times greater in the first problem, then 100 times, 1,000 times, and 10,000 times.
1⁄3 ÷ 7 =
1/21
What is the value of the 4 in 15.234 compared to the 4 in the 4 in 24.98
it is 1/1000 the value.
If it costs Sonya $798 for 19 concert tickets, how much would it cost her for one?
It would cost her $42.
Find the area of a 2.8 inch and 0.7 inch garden.
1.96 square inches.
Describe what is happening to the value of the digits and to the position of the decimal point in the quotient of each of these correct products.
386.7 ÷ 10 = 38.67
386.7 ÷ 100 = 3.867
386.7 ÷ 1,000 = 0.3867
When dividing a number by a whole-number power of 10, the quotient (answer) has all the same digits (numbers) as before, but all the digits are shifted to the right (the decimal point stays between the ones and tenths place). The number of places they shift depends on the power of 10 you divide by.