Dividing Decimals

Tamara prepared 172.2 ounces of coleslaw for a family picnic. She put an equal amount of the coleslaw into 6 containers. How much coleslaw was in each container? Write an equation to show how to solve this problem.

​ (a)   ÷ ​ (b)   = ​ (c)  

• 172.2
• 6
• 28.7
• 2.87
• 287.0

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

The librarian of the school ordered 14 new children's literature books for a total of $81.62. If each book costs the same amount of money, what was the cost, in dollars and cents, for each book?

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Brad and his two best friends, Johnny and Alex, went to the pizza parlor and ordered an extra-large pepperoni pizza. The bill was $23.58 and all of the boys decided to split the cost of the pizza evenly. How much did each boy pay for their portion of the bill?

• $7.86

• $11.79

• $8.28

• $70.74

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

What quotient does the model Nestor made represent?

• 0.81 ÷ 3 = 0.27

• 1.47 ÷ 7 = 0.27

• 0.21 ÷ 7 = 0.03

• 0.21 ÷ 7 = 0.03

A path is 288.3 feet long. Jamie wants to walk the length of the path taking 100 equal steps. How long should each step be?

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

The height of a stack of 5 identical soup cans is shown below. How tall is each can?

• 7.4 cm

• 9.3 cm

• 9.8 cm

• 10.5 cm

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Four identical dresses were purchased for the school play at a cost of $91.92. What was the cost of each dress? Choose the correct numbers from the drop downs to make the number sentence true.

​ (a)   ÷​ (b)   = $22.98

• $91.92
• 4

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A farmer collected 123.8 pounds of corn this week and 153.7 pounds of corn last week. If an equal amount of the corn from both weeks is distributed to 15 different grocery stores, how many pounds of corn would each grocery store receive from the farmer?

• 17 pounds

• 18.5 pounds

• 19 pounds

• 19.5 pounds

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

The answer to a division problem is called the ​ (a)   .

• quotient
• divisor
• dividend

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

The mass of a small chocolate bar at the store is 13.92 grams. The chocolate bar can be broken into 16 equal-sized pieces. What is the mass of each smaller piece of the chocolate bar>?

• 0.75 grams

• 0.87 grams

• 0.91 grams

• 0.83 grams

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3