Dividing Whole Numbers by Decimals
5 ➗ 0.5
10
4.5 ➗ 5
0.9
25.5 ➗ 0.5
51
A ribbon is 8.4 meters long. If you cut it into 4 equal pieces, how long is each piece?
Answer: Each piece is 2.1 meters long.
1 ➗ 0.2
5
3.9 ➗ 12
0.325
0.05 ➗ 0.1
0.5
A baker has 12 pounds of flour. If each loaf of bread requires 0.6 pounds of flour, how many loaves can the baker make?
The baker can make 20 loaves.
5 ➗ 0.4
12.5
15.4 ➗ 22
0.7
0.036 ➗ 1.2
0.03
A water bottle holds 2.5 liters. If you pour the water equally into containers that each hold 0.5 liters, how many containers will you fill?
You will fill 5 containers.
6 ➗ 0.002
3000
2.24 ➗ 4
0.56
0.048➗0.6
0.08
Maria ran 4.8 kilometers on Monday and 3.6 kilometers on Tuesday. If she divides the total distance equally among 4 days of training, how many kilometers should she run on each of the remaining 2 days? (Assume she runs the same distance each remaining day.)
Maria should run 2.1 kilometers each day.
12.32 ÷ 22
0.6
52.8 ➗ 6
8.8
8.1 ➗ 1.8
4.5
A recipe calls for 0.375 kilograms of sugar. If you want to make 8 batches of the recipe, you'll need 3 kilograms of sugar total. How many batches can you make with 1.5 kilograms of sugar?
You can make 4 batches.