Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers Word Problems

A candy store owner has 8.32 pounds of jelly beans.  If she splits the jelly beans into 8 jars, how many pounds of candy will go in each jar?

• 4

• 1.04

• 1.40

• 1.004

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? 

• 0.33

• 0.44

• 3.96

• 5.28

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?

• $2.30

• $23.00

• $21.30

• $20.30

You are hosting Thanksgiving at your house this year. You invited 8 people. You need to buy a turkey big enough to feed you and your family, so you bought a 7.47 pound turkey. How much will each person at Thanksgiving dinner get?

• 1.04 lbs

• 0.90 lbs

• 0.83 lbs

• 0.85 lbs

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

How much did Bill pay per fishing rod? What operation should be performed?

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

• Add

Haley and her 4 friends decide to go out to dinner at AppleBee's. The bill for their table came to $85.30. If they want to split the bill evenly between them, how much will each person pay?

• $17.06

• $16.33

• $20.16

• $18.46

How much did each person pay?

• $18.74

• $16.80

• $12.60

• $11.74

Jill and her 4 friends (5 friends in all) earned $33.95 collecting aluminum cans. They shared the earnings equally. How much money did each receive?

• 33.95 (4) =

• 33.95 ( 5) =

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?

• 52

• 53

• 54

• 22