Estimating with Dividing Decimals

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?

• 16.5 inches
• 0.165 inch
• 0.65 inch
• 1.65 inches 

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

• $1.05
• $1.03
• $1.15 
• $1.10

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? 

• 30 inches
• 3 inches
• 20 inches
• 2 inches

Use the model to answer the question

• 0.81 ÷ 3 = 0.27
  
• 1.47 ÷ 7 = 0.27
  
• 0.21 ÷ 7 = 0.03
  
• 3.21 ÷ 3 = 1.07

25.2 ÷ 4

• 6.4
• 5.13
• 5.4
• 6.3

 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

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?

• 7.95
• 6.95
• 9.93
• 8.73

 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? 

• $15
• $25
• $3
• $10

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?

• 4.78 feet
• 0.64 feet
• 0.50 feet
• 4.14 feet 

 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