Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers
Power of 10
Estimate the Quotient
Word Problems...No Problem!
Anything and Everything
100
7.2 ÷ 3
2.4
100

5.2 ÷ ___ = 0.052

10 or 100

100

432÷73

6

100
Isaiah, Nyesha, Campbell, and Markel went to the UCHS football game. Their total cost for the tickets and food was $23.98. If they split the cost equally, how much will each pay? Round to the nearest tenth.
5.995 = $6.00
100

751 ÷ 25

30.0

200
14.9 ÷ 100
.149
200

7650 ÷ ____ = 7.65

10or 1000

200

1275 ÷ 588

2

200

The baker pays $0.80 per pound for sugar and $1.25 per pound for butter. WRITE AN EXPRESSION that shows how much the baker will spend if he buys 6 pounds of butter and 20 pounds of sugar. 

(20 x $0.80) + (6 x $1.25)

200
11.4 ÷ 19
0.6
300

8.4 ÷ 6

1.4

300

630 ÷ ____ = 0.63

10or 1000

300

62.001 ÷ 1.212 

31

300

A marathon race is 26.2 miles long. Lacey ran the marathon in 4 hours. On average, how many miles did she run per hour? Round to the nearest tenth.

6.5 mph

300

832 ÷ 104

.0832

400

12.32 ÷ 22

0.56

400

16.24 ÷ ___= 1.624

10 or 101

400

0.0025 ÷ 0.4

1

400

The Drew family drove 315.5 miles for a beaseball tournament and used 50 gallons of gas. How many miles did they get per gallon of gas? Round to the nearest hundredth.

 = 6.31 miles per gallon

400

Double Jeopardy

Generate and solve another division problem with the same quotient and remainder as the two problems below....

3 remainder 12

500

1087.9 ÷ 46

23.65

500

2,381÷___= 0.238

10or 10,000

500

71.99 ÷ 8.768

8

500

A baker uses 1,232 ounces of flour in two weeks each loaf of bread calls for 12 ounces. How many loaves of bread can he bake?

102 Loaves

500

Double Jeopardy

Chocolate sprinkles cost $0.80. Find 1/10 the bakers total cost for 100 pounds of chocolate sprinkles. Explain the number of Zeros and the placement of the decimal in your answer using a place value chart. 

$8.00