Division of Decimals by Whole Numbers
Division of Decimals by Decimals
Key Ideas
Word Problems
100
What is 3.5 divided by 7?
0.5
100
What is 99.66 divided by 0.33?
302
100

In "Does McDonald's Sell Cheese Burgers," the Cheese  refers to what?

 Check to see if your subtraction answer is less than your divisor.

100
You have 0.5 liter of juice and you would like to share it with two friends. How do you set this division problem?
0.5 divided by 3
200
What is 10.4 divided by 8?
1.3
200
What is 10.10 divided by 1.01
10
200

How many decimal places should you work out a long division problem to in order to round your answer correctly?

3 places

200

You send 40 text messages in one month. The total cost is $4.80 How much does each text message cost?

$0.12

300
What is 25.2 divided by 6?
4.2
300

What is 7.62 divided by 0.6?

12.7

300

This reminds us to do what first when dividing with decimals

Move the divisor's decimal point to make it a whole number, then move the decimal in the dividend and up to the quotient.

300
The kid got $0.93 from the pinata. He needs to divide the money into three piggy banks. How much money does he need to put in in each piggy bank?
$0.31
400

What is 930.6 divided by 22

42.3

400

0.402/0.06

6.7

400

In division, what is the name of the number in the division box (or the first number in a horizontal problem)?

Dividend.

400
Tickets for the dance cost $4.50 The amount received from ticket sales is $450.00 How many tickets were sold?
100 tickets.
500
What is 0.294 divided by 3?
0.098
500
What is 7.2 divided by 0.048?
150
500

What is the name of the result for division?

Quotient.

500

It takes 48 beads to make a bracelet, if you have 600 beads how many bracelets can you make?

12 whole bracelets