10/1 - Dividing Decimals

Dividing Decimals

How do you divide decimals?

Thursday, October 1, 2020

• Know - Students will know how to divide positive decimals.

• Understand - Students will understand how to divide positive decimals.

• Be Able To - Students will be able to divide positive decimals.

Explore Problem

You are saving $3.75 each week to buy a DVD that costs $26.79, including tax. For how many weeks will you need to save?

LET US LOOK AT SOME EXAMPLES

Example 1

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Multiple Choice

Mr. Ward bought 27 books for the class. What was the cost for one book if he spent a total of $67.50?

• $2.13

• $0.21

• $0.25

• $2.50

Example 2

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Multiple Choice

Find the quotient for this division problem:  0.48 ÷ .02

• 0.24
• 0.0096
• 0.46
• 24

Example 3

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YOUR TURN

Complete the following five (5) practice problems.

Multiple Choice

Darren bought 4 boxes of cereal which cost $16.24. How much does one box of cereal cost?

• $4.60

• $4.06

• $406

• .40

Multiple Choice

Perla has 17.16 cups of brownie mix. If each brownie uses 0.33 cups of mix, how many brownies can Mrs. Linda make?

• 52

• 53

• 54

• 22

Multiple Choice

19.32 ÷ 2.3

• 8.4
• 7.2
• 8.9
• 8.6

Multiple Choice

14.28 ÷ 4.2

• 3.4
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.5

Multiple Choice

Davis earned $36.12 for making 7 touchdowns at his football game.  How much does he make per touchdown? 

• $5.17
• $5.12
• $5.14
• $5.16