Quiz about Dividing Decimals

Question 1

Mary biked 95.25 kilometers in 15 days. Which shows the average distance Mary biked each day?

Accepted Answer

6.35 kilometers

Answer

0.63 kilometers

Answer

65 kilometers

Answer

Not Here

Question 2

Evaluate

$$42.72\div1.2=$$

Accepted Answer

35.6

Answer

3.56

Answer

356

Answer

0.356

Question 3

Claude cuts a piece of paper that is 8.25 inches wide into 5 pieces of equal width. Which shows the width of each piece of paper?

Accepted Answer

1.65 inches

Answer

0.165 inches

Answer

3.25 inches

Answer

41.25 inches

Question 4

A class of 32 students decorated a banner measuring 29.44 feet long. If they divided the banner into 32 sections of equal length and each student decorated a section, how much of the banner did each student decorate?

Accepted Answer

0.92 feet

Answer

Not here

Answer

12 feet

Answer

9.20 feet

Question 5

$$12.24\div1.2=$$

Accepted Answer

10.2

Answer

102

Answer

.099

Question 6

In 12 months a town received 44.52 inches of rain. What was the average monthly rainfall?

Accepted Answer

Not here

Answer

0.0371 inch

Answer

13.7 inches

Answer

0.371 inch

Question 7

Members of a nature club hiked 98.23 miles during an 11-day hiking trip. What was the average distance the members hiked daily?

Accepted Answer

8.93 miles

Answer

11 miles

Answer

0.8 miles

Answer

Not here

Question 8

Fourteen boxes of candles were sold for $91.00. Each box contains 5 candles. What is the cost of 1 candle?

Accepted Answer

$1.30

Answer

$6.50

Answer

$13.00

Answer

Not here

Question 9

Elizabeth uses 33.75 ounces of granola for 15 servings of trail mix. If each serving contains the same amount of granola, how much granola is in each serving?

Accepted Answer

2.25 ounces

Answer

18.75 ounces

Answer

0.225 ounce

Answer

Not here

Question 10

Which represents the same as 14.2 $$\div$$ 0.2?

Accepted Answer

$$\frac{14.2}{0.2}$$

Accepted Answer

0.2 $$\lceil14.2$$

Accepted Answer

71

Answer

$$\frac{0.2}{14.2}$$

Question 11

A florist sells a dozen roses for $29.88. What is the cost of one rose?

Accepted Answer

$2.49

Answer

$2.41

Answer

$2.40

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

1.25 pounds

Answer

0.125 trail mix

Answer

12.5 pounds

Answer

12.5 trail mix

Question 13

A bag of oranges costs $7.65. Mark and his 4 friends want to share the bag. How much will each person pay?

Accepted Answer

$1.53

Answer

$38.25

Answer

$2.00

Answer

$1.13

Question 14

A florist sells a dozen roses for $29.88. What is the cost of one rose?

Accepted Answer

$2.49

Answer

$2.41

Answer

$2.40

Answer

$2.08

Question 15

Fourteen boxes of candles were sold for $91.00. What is the cost of 1 box?

Accepted Answer

$6.50

Answer

$1.30

Answer

$13.00

Answer

$0.65

Question 16

What is 63.2 divided by 5?

Accepted Answer

12.64

Answer

12.63

Answer

12.87

Answer

12.65

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

1.25 pounds

Answer

0.125 trail mix

Answer

12.5 pounds

Answer

12.5 trail mix

Question 18

Mrs. Rice bought 27 books for the class.  What was the cost for one book if she spent a total of $67.50?

Accepted Answer

$2.50

Answer

$2.13

Answer

$0.21

Answer

$0.25

Question 19

Ava earned $59.70 selling handmade bracelets at the craft fair. She sold a total of 6 bracelets. If all the bracelets were priced the same, how much did she charge for each bracelet?

Accepted Answer

$9.95

Answer

$8.98

Answer

$53.70

Answer

$65.70

Question 20

Davis earned $36.12 for making 7 touchdowns at his football game.  How much does he make per touchdown?

Accepted Answer

$5.16

Answer

$5.17

Answer

$5.12

Answer

$5.14

Question 21

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?

Accepted Answer

8 sections

Answer

5 sections

Answer

2 sections

Answer

6.5 sections

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

3.5 pounds

Answer

2.75 pounds

Answer

3.23 pounds

Answer

2.8 pounds

Question 23

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?

Accepted Answer

52

Answer

53

Answer

54

Answer

22

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

$16.04

Answer

$20.05

Answer

$6.23

Answer

$17.62

Question 25

Haley and her 4 friends decide to go out to dinner at Applebee's. The bill for their table came to $65.30. If they want to split the bill evenly between them, how much will each person pay?

Accepted Answer

$13.06

Answer

$18.10

Answer

$16.33

Answer

$20.13

Question 26

A pack of baseball cards costs $2.75. A friend tells you that each card costs $.25. How many cards are in the pack?

Accepted Answer

11 cards

Answer

12 cards

Answer

3 cards

Answer

7 cards

Question 27

A machine uses 0.3 gallons of fuel an hour. At that rate, how many hours could the machine operate by using 195 gallons of fuel?

Accepted Answer

650 hours

Answer

153 hours

Answer

585 hours

Answer

600 hours

Question 28

A stack of cardboard is 52 inches high. Each piece is 0.65 inches thick. How many pieces of cardboard are in the stack?

Accepted Answer

80 pieces of cardboard

Answer

52 pieces of cardboard

Answer

12.5 pieces of cardboard

Answer

33 pieces of cardboard

Question 29

It takes Maxine 0.3 hours to make a flower pot. How many flower pots can she make in 4.5 hours?

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

12

Answer

7.5

Answer

6.666...

Question 30

Each prize for a carnival booth costs $0.32. How many prizes can you by with $96?

Accepted Answer

300

Answer

33

Answer

333

Answer

33

Question 31

Mrs. Burks spent $3.87 for 3.05 pounds of grapes. How much was each pound?

(Hint: since we are talking about money, you need to round!)

Accepted Answer

$1.27

Answer

$1.26

Answer

$2.80

Answer

$1.30

Question 32

Cody went to the hardware store and bought 8 yellow ropes. The total length of the ropes was 2.8 meters. How long was each rope?

Accepted Answer

.35 meters

Answer

.03 meters

Answer

.3 meters

Answer

2.85 meters

Question 33

Claude cuts a piece of paper that is 8.25 inches wide into 5 pieces of equal width. Which shows the width of each piece of paper?

Accepted Answer

1.65 inches

Answer

16.5 inches

Answer

0.165 inch

Answer

0.65 inch

Question 34

Anita pays $20.70 to copy an 18 page report. What is the cost for each page?

Accepted Answer

$1.15

Answer

$1.05

Answer

$1.03

Answer

$1.10

Question 35

Jason has a piece of wire that is 62.4 inches long. He cuts the wire into 3 equal pieces. Which is the best estimate of the length of each piece of wire?

Accepted Answer

20 inches

Answer

30 inches

Answer

3 inches

Answer

2 inches

Question 36

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

Accepted Answer

$1.53

Answer

$38.25

Answer

$2.00

Answer

$1.13

Question 37

On Saturday,12 friends go ice skating.Altogether,they pay $83.40 for admission.They share the cost equally.How much does each person pay?

Accepted Answer

6.95

Answer

7.95

Answer

9.93

Answer

8.73

Question 38

It costs $96.85 for 13 tickets to the aquarium. All the tickets cost the same amount. Which shows the best estimate for the cost of one ticket?

Accepted Answer

$10

Answer

$15

Answer

$25

Answer

$3

Question 39

Multi-Step: The school in town is building a track around its football stadium. The principal must decide whether to build a track with 6 lanes or 7 lanes. A 6-lane track will be 28.68 feet wide, and a 7-lane track will be 28.98 feet wide. If all lanes are of equal width in each track, how much wider will the lanes be in a 6-lane track than in a 7-lane track?

Accepted Answer

0.64 feet

Answer

4.78 feet

Answer

0.50 feet

Answer

4.14 feet

Question 40

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?

Accepted Answer

$16.92

Answer

$11.28

Answer

$15.76

Answer

$23.64

Question 41

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?

Accepted Answer

2.16 yds

Answer

21.6 yds

Answer

0.216 yds

Answer

216 yds

Question 42

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?

Accepted Answer

$1.65

Answer

$16.50

Answer

$1.60

Answer

$16.05

Question 43

A florist sells a dozen roses for $29.88. What is the cost of one rose?

Accepted Answer

$2.49

Answer

$2.41

Answer

$2.40

Answer

$2.08

Question 44

Fourteen boxes of candles were sold for $91.00. What is the cost of 1 box?

Accepted Answer

$6.50

Answer

$1.30

Answer

$13.00

Answer

$0.65

Question 45

Divide 4.68 by .3

Accepted Answer

15.6

Answer

156

Answer

.156

Answer

1.56

Question 46

Divide 84.24 by 6

Accepted Answer

14.04

Answer

140.4

Answer

15.04

Answer

1.534

Question 47

Mrs. Baldree, Mrs. Harper, Ms. Pike and Mrs. Peacock went to lunch this weekend. The lunch total was $81.20. How much does each person owe if they split it evenly?

Accepted Answer

$20.30

Answer

$2.30

Answer

$23.00

Answer

$21.30

Question 48

June has 1.32 pounds of candy. She wants to share it equally with herself and 3 friends. how much candy will each person receive?

Accepted Answer

0.33

Answer

0.44

Answer

3.96

Answer

5.28

Question 49

Ava earned $59.70 selling handmade bracelets at the craft fair. She sold a total of 6 bracelets. If all the bracelets were priced the same, how much did she charge for each bracelet?

Accepted Answer

$9.95

Answer

$8.98

Answer

$53.70

Answer

$65.70

Question 50

Estimate to the nearest whole number:
654.96

Accepted Answer

655

Answer

650

Answer

700

Answer

600

Question 51

Roger places 57 equal-sized bags of rice onto 3 shelves at the grocery store. The total weight of the rice is 54.72 pounds. What is the weight of each bag of rice?

Accepted Answer

A. 0.96 lb.

Answer

B. 1.06 lb.

Answer

C. 18.24 lb.

Answer

D. 0.94 lb.

Question 52

Ariel solved the equation below.

7.9 divided by n = 0.79

What value of n makes the equation true?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

100

Answer

1000

Answer

.1

Question 53

Lisa walked for 18 days. She walked a total of 40.4 miles. If her route was the same each day, how many miles did she walk each day?

Accepted Answer

2.8 miles

Answer

28 miles

Answer

280 miles

Answer

0.28 miles

Question 54

A florist sells a dozen roses for $29.88. What is the cost of one rose?

Accepted Answer

$2.49

Answer

$2.41

Answer

$2.40

Answer

$2.08

Question 55

Fourteen boxes of candles were sold for $91.00. What is the cost of 1 box?

Accepted Answer

$6.50

Answer

$1.30

Answer

$13.00

Answer

$0.65

Question 56

What is 63.2 divided by 5?

Accepted Answer

12.64

Answer

12.63

Answer

12.87

Answer

12.65

Question 57

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

Accepted Answer

1.25 pounds

Answer

0.125 trail mix

Answer

12.5 pounds

Answer

12.5 trail mix

Question 58

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

Accepted Answer

$1.53

Answer

$38.25

Answer

$2.00

Answer

$1.13

Dividing Decimals

128 questions

Mary biked 95.25 kilometers in 15 days. Which shows the average distance Mary biked each day?

Claude cuts a piece of paper that is 8.25 inches wide into 5 pieces of equal width. Which shows the width of each piece of paper?

A class of 32 students decorated a banner measuring 29.44 feet long. If they divided the banner into 32 sections of equal length and each student decorated a section, how much of the banner did each student decorate?

A plumber cuts 21.48 meters of pipe into 3 equal pieces of length. How long is each piece of pipe?

In 12 months a town received 44.52 inches of rain. What was the average monthly rainfall?

A baker used 88.55 ounces of cornmeal to make 11 pans of cornbread. Each pan contains the same amount of cornmeal. How many ounces of cornmeal are in each pan of cornbread?

0.15 ÷ 0.3

Kim used 43.68 liters of water during a 12-day camping trip. On average, how many liters of water did Kim use each day?

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