4.1 Algebra • Division Patterns with Decimals

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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A famous barbecue restaurant in Texas makes 1,000 pounds of barbecue pork each week. The owner has a catering order that requires 100 pounds of barbecue pork. The owner uses 44 pounds of sauce for every 1,000 pounds of barbecue pork. Which equation shows the amount of sauce needed for the catering order?

• 44 ÷ 1 = 44 pounds

• 44 ÷ 10 = 4.4 pounds

• 44 ÷ 100 = 0.44 pound

• 44 ÷ 1,000 = 0.044 pound

Multi-Step

Loretta is trying to build the largest taco in the world. She uses 2,000 pounds of ground beef, one-tenth as many pounds of cheese, one-hundredth as many pounds of lettuce, and one-thousandth as many pounds of hot sauce. How many pounds of lettuce and cheese does she use?

• 2,020 pounds

• 220 pounds

• 2,200 pounds

• 20 pounds

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Ella used 37.2 pounds of apples to make applesauce. She used one-tenth as many pounds of sugar as pounds of apples. How many pounds of sugar did Ella use?

• 0.372 pound

• 3.72 pounds

• 372 pounds

• 0.0372 pound

Find the value of n.

456 ÷ n = 4.56

• .01

• 10

Find the value of n.

n ÷ 100 = 0.982

• 98.2

• 9.82

Find the value of n.

n ÷ 10 = 32.7

• 3.27

• 327

Find the value of n.

32 ÷ 1,000 = n

• 0.032

• 3.2

Find the value of n.

1,672 ÷ n = 1.672

• 100

• 1000

Find the value of n.

24 ÷ 100 = n

• 2.4

• 0.24