Long Division
Story Problems
Multiplying By Powers of 10
Dividing By Powers of 10
100

896/32

28

100

If it takes 1/3 of a can of frosting to cover a small cake, how many cakes can you frost with 4 cans of frosting?

12 cakes

100

82 x 103

82 x (10 x 10 x 10) = 82,000

100

34 divided by 100

0.34

200

1,215/27

45

200

There was 1/4 of a carton of ice cream for Michelle and her two friends to share. If they split the ice cream evenly among them, how much of the original carton of ice cream does each friend get?

1/12

200

2.5 x 104

2.5 x (10 x 10 x 10 x 10) = 25,000

200

924.03 divided by 100

9.2403

300

1,507/44

34 1/4

300

The 18 students in Mrs. Crawfords class picked 660 strawberries at a strawberry patch during their field trip. If they share them equally, how many strawberries can each student have?

32 R12 or 32 2/3

300

0.46 x 100

46

300

386.7 divided by 1,000

0.3867

400

5,535/45

123

400

Ramon has 3,974 baseball cards. He wants to put them in collector sheets that can hold 32 cards each. How many sheets does Ramon need for his entire collection?

124 R 6, however the correct answer is 125 total sheets. You can't have a remainder of part sheets.

400

0.09 x 105

0.09 x (10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10) = 9,000

400

2.58 divided by 0.1

25.8

500

9,315/345

27

500

Three hundred forty-two fifth graders are at the zoo for an end-of-year field trip. The cars on the zoo train have 12 seats each. How many cars are needed for all students to ride the train? 

29 cars

500

0.8 x 0.01

0.008

500

48.40 divided by 4

12.10

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