Real-Life Division: Decimal Word Problems for 5th Grade

A bakery made 12.5 dozen cookies. If they want to pack these cookies into boxes that hold 2.5 dozen each, how many boxes can they fill?

• 4

• 5

• 3

• 6

Sarah has 45.6 meters of ribbon. She wants to cut it into pieces that are 3.8 meters long. How many pieces can she cut, and how much ribbon will be left over?

• 10 pieces, 1.6 meters left over

• 11 pieces, 1.2 meters left over

• 13 pieces, 0.8 meters left over

• 12 pieces, 0 meters left over

A farmer harvested 150.75 kilograms of apples. He wants to divide them equally into bags that can hold 5.25 kilograms each. How many bags will he need?

• 30

• 28

• 29

• 31

A school is organizing a field trip and has a budget of $250. If each student needs to pay $12.50, how many students can go on the trip?

• 15

• 20

• 30

• 25

Tom bought 3.6 liters of paint to cover his fence. If each coat of paint covers 0.9 liters, how many coats can he apply?

• 5 coats

• 4 coats

• 2 coats

• 3 coats

A bookstore sold 75.5 books in a week. If each book costs $12.99, how much money did the bookstore make from the sales?

• 1025.50

• 900.75

• 850.00

• 979.25

Emily has 64.8 liters of juice. She wants to pour it into bottles that hold 2.4 liters each. How many full bottles can she fill, and how much juice will be left?

• 27 full bottles, 0 liters left

• 26 full bottles, 1.2 liters left

• 25 full bottles, 2.4 liters left

• 28 full bottles, 0.4 liters left

A car travels 150.5 kilometers on 6.2 liters of fuel. How many kilometers can it travel on 1 liter of fuel?

• 24.23 kilometers per liter

• 18.75 kilometers per liter

• 30.1 kilometers per liter

• 20.5 kilometers per liter

A restaurant serves 120.75 kilograms of pasta in a week. If they serve 4.5 kilograms per day, how many days will the pasta last?

• 26 days

• 15 days

• 30 days

• 20 days

A gardener has 250.5 square meters of land. If he plants flowers in rows that are 5.5 square meters each, how many rows can he plant?

• 40

• 45

• 50

• 55