Dividing Numbers with Decimal Answers

Solve with a decimal (make sure to get a zero party!): 156 ÷ 8 =

Write the decimal as a fraction

in simplest form

0.375

If 7 people are sharing 12 chocolate bars, what can you type in your calculator to determine how much of a chocolate bar each person gets?

• 7 divided by 12

• 12 divided by 7

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

• 4

• 1.04

• 1.40

• 1.004

When Dividing a number by a decimal we...

• We make the Divisor into a whole number by moving the decimal point to the RIGHT and the decimal to the RIGHT on the inner number.

• Get rid of the decimal by erasing it

• We make the Divisor into a whole number by moving the decimal point to the LEFT and the decimal to the LEFT on the inner number.

• Add zeros to the inner number

What is the first step when dividing the problem above?

• Move the decimal in the divisor AND dividend TWO places.

• Move the decimal in the divisor AND dividend THREE places.

• Move the decimal in only the divisor

• Bring the decimal straight up.

Find the value of this expression

37.68÷2.4

• 1.57

• 14.7

• 15.7

• 1570

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.2

Calculate the result of this division

45.6÷3.2

• 1.42

• 14.25

• 15.25

• 1425

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.2

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

• $1.30

• $6.50

• $13.00

• $0.65