Dividing Decimals by 10, 100, or 1,000
Dividing by a Whole Number
Dividing a Whole Number by a Decimal
Dividing a Decimal by a Decimal
Multiple-Step Problems
100
Darlene had to make punch for a fifth grade dance. She makes 25.5 gallons of punch. She must refill the container after filling 75 drink cups. How much punch was in each cup?
0.34 gallons
100
Andrew scored a total of 49.18 points in 5 events in the Winter Olympics. If he had the same score for each event, what was his score for each event?
9.836 points
100
How many nickels are there in $10.00?
200 nickels
100
Alyssa bought 12.5 ounces of soda pop. She paid $1.98 total. What is the cost of the soda pop per ounce?
$0.1584 or $0.16 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
100
T-Shirt Prices: * 1 = $5.65 * 3 = $14.50 * 5 = $22.75 * 10 = $48 How much would 10 choir students save if they bought their shirts as a group rather than individually?
$8.50
200
Which of the following is the best estimate of 62.4 divided by 8? A) 397 B) 8 C) 10 D) 60
B) 8
200
A butcher bought 36 pounds of meat for $309.73. What was the price per pound of the meat? Round to the nearest hundredth.
$8.60
200
A developer owns 74 acres of land. If he plans to use 4.6 acres of the land for an entrance into a housing development and divide the remaining land into 2.5 acre lots, how many lots will he have?
27.76 lots
200
Consider 8.92 divided by 0.46. Which of the following has the decimal placed in the correct location? A) 1939.1304 B) 1.9391304 C) 193913.04 D)19.391304
D)19.391304
200
Anyah bought 26.8 yards of fabric to make pillows. Each pillow requires 3.2 yards of fabric. Use compatible numbers to estimate the number of pillows Anyah can make.
9 pillows
300
To find the quotient of 4,723.8 divided by 10^3 (10 to the third power), write the problem using standard form and solve.
*Mrs. Ison will write it in standard form. 4.7238
300
Lynell is saving for college. The first year of tuition is $9,225.00. She has a year to save this amount of money. How much should she save per month so she can meet her goal?
$768.75
300
182 divided by 3.64
50
300
173.97 divided by 0.06
2899.5
400
3,861 divided by 0.75
5,148
400
900 divided by 0.24
3,750
400
Nicole walks 7.5 miles per week while Cody walks 15.6 miles per week. Cody walks how many times the number of miles that Nicole walks?
2.08 miles
400
About 7/8 of the 26 5th graders will be traveling for Thanksgiving this year. About how many student will be traveling?
22.75 students
500
31.83 divided by 10^4
0.003183
500
Landry ran 32.4 miles over 3 days at the beach. He ran the same number of miles each day. How far did he run each day?
10.8 miles
500
647 divided by 50
12.94
500
0.3567 divided by 8.7 =
0.041
500
Tom bought 8 chicken breasts and 5 steaks. Each chicken breast weighed 0.35 pound and each steak weighed 1.25 pounds. How many pounds of meat did Tom buy?
9.05 pounds