Estimation
Division
Decimals
Division with Multiples of 10
Word Problems
100

402 ÷ 19

What is 20?

100

70 ÷ 30

What is 2 R 10?

100

5.4 ÷ 10

What is 0.54?

100

420 ÷ 10 

What is 42?

100

A swimming pool requires 672 ft2 of floor space. The length of the swimming pool is 32 ft. Estimate the width of the swimming pool.

What is 20 feet?

200

149 ÷ 71

What is 2?

200

94 ÷ 43

What is 2 R 8?

200

5.4 ÷ 900

What is 0.006?

200

1,600 ÷ 100

What is  16?

200

Mrs. Silverstein sold 91 cupcakes at a food fair. The cupcakes were sold in boxes of “a baker’s dozen,” which is 13. She sold all the cupcakes at $15 per box. How much money did she receive?

What is she made $105?

300

427 ÷ 58

What is 7?

300

256 ÷ 47

What is 5 R 21?

300

834.6 ÷ 26  

What is 32.1 ?

300

24,000 ÷ 600

What is 40?

300

Louis brings 79 pencils to school. After he gives each of his 15 classmates an equal number of pencils, he will give any leftover pencils to his teacher. How many pencils will Louis’s teacher receive?

What is she will receive 4 pencils?

400

2,691 ÷ 48

What is 60?

400

887 ÷ 27

What is 32 R 23?

400

48.36 ÷ 39

What is 1.24?

400

180,000 ÷ 9,000

What is 20?

400

Twenty polar bears live at the zoo. In four weeks, they eat 9,732.8 pounds of food altogether. Assuming each bear is fed the same amount of food, how much food is used to feed one bear for a week? Round your answer to the nearest pound.

What is each bear will get 2,433 lbs of food each week?

500

8,095 ÷ 23  

What is 400?

500

6,247 ÷ 29

What is 215 R 12?

500

14.7 ÷ 21

What is 0.7?

500

Two fifth graders solved 400,000 divided by 800. Carter said the answer is 500, while Kim said the answer is 5,000. Who has the correct answer?

Who is Carter? 

500

A number divided by 43 has a quotient of 3 with 28 as a remainder. Find the number.

What is 1,207?