Division of Decimals

24 ÷ 0.04 =

In dividing a whole number to 0.001, ________________.

• move three decimal places from the right most/end to the right.

• move three decimal places from the right most/end to the left.

1976 ÷ 10 = ______

• 1976.00

• 197.6

• 197600

• 1.976

A farmer has 893.7 pounds of seed. He wants to plant equal amounts of seed every day for 45 days. How many pounds of seed will the farmer have to plant each day?

• 40,216.5

• 19.86

• 20.32

• 17.88

Patricia has 13.92 yards of string and is going to cut the string into 24 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece of string Patricia will cut?

• 0.61 yard

• 6.1 yards

• 0.58 yard

• 5.8 yards

A bag of oranges costs $7.65. 5 friends want to share the bag. How much will each friend pay?

• $38.25

• $1.53

• $2.00

• $1.13

Mr. Jefferson gives his 2 children $5.46 to spend at a garage sale. If they split the money evenly, how much will each child have to spend?

• $1.82

• $1.23

• $2.23

• $2.73

12.33÷10

• 123.3

• 0.1233

• 12.33

• 1.233