Dividing Decimals Powers of 10
What is the value of the missing exponent in the equation?
720 / 10 to the what power = 0.720
3
Alexandra is dividing 52.8 ounces of cereal equally into 9 bags. What is the best way to estimate the amount of cereal?
54 / 9= 6
One serving of Luna's tomato soup is 0.75 cup. How many serving are in 72-cup pot? Use 72/0.75 to help you.
96
Three friends are participating in a charity run. Joy ran 6.8 miles, Simon ran 5.5 miles, and Kita has run 8.4 miles. How much did they run all together?
20.7 miles
A box of oil paints contains 9 cans of different colors. Each can is the same weight. If the box weighs 20.25 pounds, how much does each can weigh?
2.25
When solving 62.1 / 10 to the third power, how is the decimal point moved?
3 places to the left
James bought 10 pencils from the school store and paid $1.30. How much did each pencil cost? Write an equation to show your work.
0.130
A panel in one of the hallways of Emilio's school is rectangular with an area of 44.52 square feet. If the panel is 21 feet long, how wide is it?
2.12
Three friends are participating in a charity run. Joy ran 6.8 miles, Simon ran 5.5 miles, and Kita has run 8.4 miles. If each friend ran the same distance of the charity run, how many miles would each friend run?
6.9 miles
A box of oil paints contains 9 cans of different colors. Each can is the same weight. How many pounds in total would a box of oil paints be if the weight per can remained the same and there were 6 cans in a box?
6 x 2.25 = 13.5
3.4/ n = 0.34
What value of n makes the equation true? Have an exponent in your answer.
10 to the power of 1
James bought 10 pencils from the school store and paid $1.30. How much did each pencil cost? Write an equation to show your work. Explain how to move the decimal.
Moves 1 place to the left.
Kathleen spent $231 on concert tickets for herself and 11 friends. Each ticket cost the same amount. What is the cost of each ticket?
$21
Three friends are participating in a charity run. Joy ran 6.8 miles, Simon ran 5.5 miles, and Kita has run 8.4 miles. It took Simon 33 minutes to run 5.5 miles. Did he run faster or slower than a mile a minute?
Slower
33/ 5.5= 6
Over the course of 6 days, Tonda ran 17.22 miles. She ran the same distance each day. How far did Tonda run each day? Write an equation.
17.22 / 6 = 2.87