Dividing Fractions
If it takes 1/5 of a can of paint to cover one wall, how many walls can you paint with 2 cans of paint?
10 walls
53 × 104
= 53 × (10 × 10 × 10 × 10) = 53 × 10,000 = 530,000
.47 x 100
47
27 divided by 100
0.27
172 divided by 4
What college did Miss Kissinger go to?
Purdue
There was 1/4 of a cake for John and his three friends to share. If they split the 1/4 of the cake evenly among them, how much of the original cake did each of the 4 kids get?
1/16 of cake
79 x 105
79 x (10 x 10x10x10x10) = 79 x 100000 = 7900000
6.8 x 1000
6800
925.3 divided by 100
9.253
1323 divided by 27
49
What state is Miss Kissinger from?
Indiana
If it takes 1/5 of a can of frosting to cover a small cake, how many small cakes can you frost with 4 cans of frosting?
20 cakes
3153 x 102
3153 x (10 x 10) = 3153 x 100 = 315300
.8 x .1
.08
4.27 divided by 0.10
42.7
608 divided by 32
19
What country did Miss Kissinger live in?
Rwanda
There was 1/6 of a carton of ice cream for Michelle and her two friends to share. If they split the ice cream evenly among them, how much of the original carton of ice cream did each of the 3 kids get?
1/18th of ice cream
4. 7 x 102
4.7 x (10 x10) = 4. 7 x 100 = 470
Charlotte solved the problems below, and got all the answers correct.
75 × 101 = 750
75 × 102 = 7,500
75 × 103 = 75,000
75 × 104 = 750,000
Describe what is happening to the number of zeros in these problems. And why it works that way.
Because the powers of 10 have you add a zero to each problem and move the place value to the right for each zero in the problem.
Dante solved the problems below, and got all the answers correct.
245.6 ÷ 10 = 24.56
245.6 ÷ 100 = 2.456
245.6 ÷ 1,000 = 0.2456
Describe what is happening to the decimal in these problems and why
Because each time you add a zero to the power of ten, you have to move it another place value to the left.
Ramon has 2,974 baseball cards. He wants to put them in collector sheets that hold 24 cards per sheet. How many sheets does Ramon need for his entire collection?
124 sheets
Where did Miss Kissinger's parents work? (what was their jobs?)
At her high school
1/2 divided by 8
0.05 x 105
0.05 x (10 x 10 x 10 x10 x10) = 0.05 x 100000 = 5000
23.2 x 4
92.8
Tonya paid $60.50 for 5 pairs of pants. a When she tried to figure out how much each pair of pants cost, Tonya wasn’t sure where to put the decimal point. How much did each pair of pants cost?
The 17 students in Ms. Crawford’s class picked 770 strawberries at a strawberry patch during their field trip. If they share them equally, how many strawberries can each student have?
45 strawberries each
Who is Miss Kissinger's favorite artist?
Taylor Swift