Dividing Decimals and a Whole Number
Divide Decimals with Decimals
Add a Zero in the Dividend
Word Problems
100

1.8 ➗ 3

0.6 or .6

100

0.9 ➗ 0.3

3

100

45.8 ➗  4 

*Remember there should be no remainders keep adding zeros to divide out completely

11.4

100

Tyler pays $21.75 for 5 student tickets to the fair. What is the cost of each student ticket? 

$4.35

200

2.4 ➗ 8

0.3 or .3 

200

13.2 ➗ 0.6

22

200

1.23 ➗  0.06

*Remember there should be no remainders keep adding zeros to divide out completely

20.5

200

Jason has a piece of wire that is 62.4 inches long. He cuts the wire into 3 equal parts. What is the length of each wire?

20.8

300

4.72 ➗ 4

1.18

300

0.24 ➗ 0.3

0.8

300

10 ➗  0.8

*Remember there should be no remainders keep adding zeros to divide out completely

12.5

300

Samuel has $0.96. He wants to buy erasers. Each eraser cost $0.06. How many erasers can Samuel buy?

16 erasers

400

79.35 ➗ 23

3.45

400

9.6 ➗  1.6

6

400

32.6 ➗  4 

*Remember there should be no remainders keep adding zeros to divide out completely

8.15

400

Lana has a ribbon that is 2.2 meters long. She cuts the ribbon into 4 equal parts. What is the length of each piece of ribbon?

0.55 meters 

500

40.89 ➗ 47

0.87

500

1.56 ➗ 0.26 

6

500

42 ➗  15

*Remember there should be no remainders keep adding zeros to divide out completely

2.8

500

Jenny's family lives 896 kilometers from the beach. It takes 5 hours total to get to the beach from their house. How many kilometers did the family drive per hour?

179.2 kilometers