Dividing Decimals Power of 10
Complete the following pattern:
48.6 divided by 1
48.6 divided by 10
48.6 divided by 100
48.6 divided by 1000
48.6
4.86
0.486
0.0486
5.5 divided by 5=
5.5 divided by 5=1.1
What is 0.72 divided by 0.6
1.2
Solve 1.8 divided by 0.02=
90
You multiply the quotient by the divisor to make sure that it equals the dividend.
Ms.Edwards is making bracelets to sell at a craft fair. She has 252 feet of yarn to make 100 bracelets. Write an expression that could be used to find out how much yarn Ms. Edwards would use on one bracelet. Then solve:
(100pts for correct expression, 100pts for correct answer)
252 divided by 100=2.52 feet per bracelet
JoJo Siwa bought 24.6 yard of ribbon to make her signature bows. If she uses the ribbon to make 6 bows how much ribbon is she using per bow?
She will use 4.1 yards of ribbon per bow.
9
3.3 divided by 0.4
8.25
Can you have a decimal in the divisor?
No, you must multiply it by a power of 10
Mr. Purifoy decided to run a marathon and a half which is 39.3 miles long. So far he has ran one-tenth of the race. How far has be run?
39.3 divided by 10=3.93 miles
Dayne cut down a tree that was 28.8 feet tall. Then he cut the tree into 6 equal size pieces. What is the length of each piece?
28.8 divided by 6=4.8 feet
Nadia is using twine for a project. She has 6.3 yards of twine all together. She needs to cut the twine into pieces that measure 0.3 yards long. How many pieces of twine can she make if she is cutting the pieces 0.3 yards long?
6.3 divided by 0.3 = 21 pieces of twine
What is 1 divided by 8
0.125
When there is a decimal in the house you MUST...
RAISE THE ROOF
When you are asked to find one-tenth of a number you can find this by doing what operation?
dividing by 10
Ms. Navone made 22.8 quarts of split pea soup. She is going to split the equally into 15 containers. How much soup will be in each container?
1.52 quarts of soup
Mrs. Baker walked a total of 9.52 miles in a walk-a-thon. IF her average speed was 2.8 miles per hour, how long did it take Mrs. Baker to complete the walk?
9.22 divided by 2.8=3.4 miles
Kye went to the 5 cent candy shop to buy candy. He has 1.4 to spend on candy. How many pieces of candy did he but if each piece of candy cost 0.05?
28 pieces