4.2 Investigate • Divide Decimals by Whole Numbers

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 yd

• 0.216 yd

• 2.16 yd

• 216 yd

Representations

Terrance used base-ten blocks to help him divide a decimal by 4. His model is shown. What division problem did he model?

• 1.26 ÷ 4

• 1.62 ÷ 4

• 6.48 ÷ 4

• 6.84 ÷ 4

Multi-Step

Marvyn worked for 3 days. He earned $87.20 each day. He uses his earnings to buy four chairs. If he has no money left over, what is the cost of each chair?

• $65.40

• $116.27

• $261.60

• $21.80

A bag of oranges costs $7.65. Five friends want to share the bag. How much will each friend pay?

• $38.25

• $1.53

• $2.00

• $1.13

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Use the model to complete the number sentence.

1.5 ÷ 3 =

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Use the model to complete the number sentence.

2.48 ÷ 4 =

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Use the model to complete the number sentence.

2.8 ÷ 4 =

Use the model to complete the number sentence.

3.54 ÷ 3 =

Mrs. Tillman builds furniture. She saws a maple board that is 4.56 meters long into 4 equal lengths. She saws an oak board that is 3.69 meters long into 3 equal lengths. Which is longer, a piece of oak or a piece of maple?

• oak; each piece is 1.14 m

• maple; each piece is 1.14 m

• oak; each piece is 1.23 m

• maple; each piece is 1.23 m

Drew has a video game with five different challenges. He sets the timer to play his game for 10.75 minutes. He spends the same amount of time playing each challenge. How long does Drew play the fifth challenge?

• 2.15 minutes

• 15.75 minutes

• 50.75 minutes