Dividing Decimals

 A scientist conducting a dig spent $37.95 on 23 packets of hand wipes for her team of volunteers. What was the price of each packet?

• $16.50 
• $16.05 
• $1.60
• $1.65

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

 Calvin needs to buy carpet to cover the floor of a rectangular room with an area of 170.8 square feet. Calvin measures the room’s length to be 14 feet. He then divides the room’s area by its length to find the room’s width. How many decimal places will the quotient have?

• 0
• 1
• 2
• 3

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Anita pays $20.70 to copy an 18 page report. What is the cost for each page?

• $1.05
• $1.03
• $1.15 
• $1.10

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

 A florist sells a dozen roses for $29.88. What is the cost of one rose?

• $2.41
• $2.49
• $2.40
• $2.08

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Kiera makes 188.6 ounces of punch for a pool party. She has 23 guests attending the party. How many ounces of punch does she make for each guest?

•  8.2 ounces 
• 9.4 ounces
• 8.1 ounces
• 7.2 ounces

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

The Westside Bakery uses 440 pounds of sugar to make 1,000 cakes. Each cake contains the same amount of sugar. How many pounds of sugar does the bakery need if they bake only 100 cakes? 

• 4.4 pounds
• 0.44 pound
• 0.044 pound
• 44 pounds

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CCSS.4.NF.C.6

Fourteen boxes of candles were sold for $91.00. Each box contains 5 candles. What is the cost of 1 candle?

• $1.30
• $6.50
• $13.00
• $0.65

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Jason has a piece of wire that is 62.4 inches long. He cuts the wire into 3 equal pieces. Which is the best estimate of the length of each piece of wire? 

• 30 inches
• 3 inches
• 20 inches
• 2 inches

 Elizabeth uses 33.75 ounces of granola for 15 servings of trail mix. If each serving contains the same amount of granola, how much granola is in each serving?

• 18.75 ounces
• 2.25 ounces
• 0.225 ounce
• 33.9 ounces

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Orange crayons are usually made in batches of 100. If it takes 22 pounds of wax to make 100 orange crayons, then how much wax will you need to make one orange crayon?

• 0.22 pound 
• 22 pounds 
• 2 pounds
• 0.022 pound

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3D