Mult/Divide Powers of Ten
Mult/Divide by Decimals
Mult/Dividing with Decimals
Word Problems
100
10 X 77
What is 770?
100
95 X .1
What is 9.5?
100
.79 X .7
What is .553?
100
Apricots cost $0.35 per ounce. Sam's bag of apricots weighs 18.8 ounces. Tell the cost of his bag of apricots.
What is $6.58?
200
77 divided by 10
What is 7.7?
200
237 divided by .1
What is 2370?
200
21.60 divided by 15
What is 1.44?
200
Ted buys 100 packages of sweetener. Each package holds .035 ounces of sweetener. Tell how many ounces Ted buys.
What is 3.5 ounces?
300
10 X .0049
What is .049?
300
.9 divided by .01
What is 90?
300
.26 X .05 X .04
What is .00052?
300
A touring van will carry 22 people. If a group has 170 people, this tells how many vans the group will need.
What is 8 vans?
400
1000 X .001
What is 1?
400
45.89 X .001
What is .04589?
400
.025 divided by .03 (remember, no remainders in decimal division... )
What is 1.2?
400
There are 17 floats in a parade. Each float is decorated with 1026 carnations. Carnations are sold 500 per box, and each box costs $189.50. Tell how much it will cost to decorate all 17 floats.
What is $6, 632.50 to decorate all 17 floats. (1026 X 17 is 17,442, the number of carnations needed total. 17442 divided by 500 is 34, remainder 442. Thus, 35 boxes are needed. 35 X 189.50 = 6, 632.50.)
500
9 divided by 1000
What is .009?
500
1 divided by .001
What is 1000?
500
.6 divided by 2.4 (remember no remainders in decimal division)
What is .25?
500
A radio station is planning a 12.5 km walk for a fundraiser. The goal is to raise $98, 003. If the pledge is $1.50 per km, tell how many people will need to walk to reach or surpass the goal. (Hint: figure out how much one person could make by walking the entire 12.5 km.)
What is 5,227 people?