Dividing Decimals Word Problems

Ava is 23 cm taller than Olivia, and Olivia is half the height of Lucas.  If Lucas is 1.78 m tall, how tall is Ava?1m = 100cm

• 178cm
• 89cm
• 112cm
• 24.78cm

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

A piece of rope is 4m long.  It is cut into 8 equal pieces.  How long is each piece of rope?

• 2m
• 32m
• 0.5m
• 5m

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A gardener installed 43.7 meters of fencing in a week.  He installed 13.45 meters on Monday and 9.1 meters on Tuesday.  He installed the rest of the fence in equal lengths on Wednesday through Friday. How many meter of fencing did he install on EACH of the last three days?

• 22.08 meters
• 6.82 meters
• 14.6 meters
• 7.05 meters

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Corrine bought 8.4 pounds of almonds. She divided them into 30 snack-size bags. How many pounds are in each bag?

•  0.28 pound
• 28 pounds

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Corrine has 10 pounds of trail mix to divide into 8 bags. How much trail mix will go in each bag? 

• 1.25 trail mix
• 12.5 pounds
• 1.25 pounds
• 12.5 trail mix

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Michael paid $11.48 for sliced cheese at the deli counter. The cheese cost $3.28 per pound. How much cheese did Michael buy?

• 2.75 pounds
• $3.50
• 2.75 cheese
• 3.5 pounds

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A four-person running relay team completed a race in 73 seconds. What was the average time of each runner?

• 18.25 seconds
• 1.825 seconds
• 18.25 runners
• 182.5 runners

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. Curry, Ms. Davis and Mrs. Stowers went to lunch this weekend. The lunch total was $81.20.  How much does each person owe if they split it evenly?

• $2.30
• $23.00
• $21.30
• $20.30

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Sam had 34.5 flowers. She have 5 flower holders. How much flowers were equally in each flower holder. 

• 6.9
• 5
• 6.7
• 5.9

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Mary had 85.6 cookies. She gave each friend 4 cookies. How much cookies did each friend equally get? 

• 31.4
• 22.8
• 21.4
• 20.4

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3