Dividing Decimals

Question 1

Emilio’s paycheck was $305.25, and he makes $9.25 per hour. How many hours did Emilio work?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

33 hours

Question 2

Nico paid $15.32 for 4.3 pounds of blueberries. Nico estimated the cost per pound to be $5.00. Which statement explains Nico’s error?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Nico rounded $15.32 to $15.00 and 4.3 pounds to 3 before dividing.

Question 3

Hansika paid $9.25 for 2.8 pounds of pretzels. About how much did she pay for a pound of pretzels? ( Round your answer to the nearest whole number )

Revolt · Accepted Answer

$3.00

Question 4

Sora paid $26.46 for 8.4 gallons of gasoline. How much was each gallon of gasoline?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

$3.15

Question 5

Hamid bought 4.5 pounds of strawberries. The total cost of the strawberries was $8.10. How much did each pound of strawberries cost?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

$1.80

Question 6

When dividing 8,164 by 78.5, what is the place value of the last digit in the quotient?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

ones

Question 7

What is the quotient for the equation above?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

73.75

Question 8

Milo drives 126 miles on 7.5 gallons of gas. How far does he travel on each gallon of gas?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

16.8 miles

Question 9

Kenji wants to divide 48.6 by 0.15. What is the first step that Kenji must complete?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Multiply the divisor and dividend by 100.

Question 10

When dividing 918 by 4.2, what is the least number the divisor should be multiplied by to make it a whole number?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

10

Dividing Decimals Answers