Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers - Word Problems

Mrs. Linda 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

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A piece of wood is 33.6 feet long. If I want to cut it into 4.2 feet sections, how many sections will I have? 

• 5 sections
• 2 sections 
• 8 sections 
•  6.5 sections 

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

You and your four friends split $80.20 equally. How much did each person get?

• $16.04

• $20.05

• $6.23

• $17.62

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Mrs. Baltazar's car used 2.2 gallons of gasoline this week. She drove a total of 37.9 miles. If the car got the same gas mileage for the entire trip, how many miles did the car travel for each gallon of gasoline?

• 12.68 miles
• 17.23 miles
• 19.0 miles
• 40.1 miles

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Jacob and his buddies paid $35.01 at a football game to buy 9 cheeseburger meals.  how much did each cheeseburger meal cost?

• $2.85
• $2.89
• $3.84
• $3.89

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

 In 1849, a gold miner had 4 ounces of gold to sell. The store owner offered him $67.68 for the gold. How much will the store owner pay for each ounce of gold?

• $11.28
• $16.92 
• $15.76
• $23.64 

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Multi-Step: Yesterday, a bamboo plant was 12.62 yards tall. Today, the bamboo had grown by 0.34 yard. Bryson chopped the bamboo into 6 equal pieces. How long was each piece?

• 21.6 yds 
• 2.16 yds
• 0.216 yds
• 216 yds

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

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
• $1.60
• $16.05 
• $1.65

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A recipe calls for 15.6 oz of yogurt to make 12 muffins. How many oz of yogurt in each muffin?

• 13

• 1.3

• 103

• 31