Estimating Decimal Division in Real-Life Scenarios

A baker made 12.5 dozen cookies. If she wants to pack them into boxes with 2.5 dozen cookies each, how many boxes can she fill? Estimate your answer first.

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 3

A farmer harvested 45.6 liters of honey. If he wants to divide it equally into 3 jars, how much honey will each jar contain? Estimate your answer before calculating.

• 10.5 liters

• 20.3 liters

• 15.2 liters

• 12.8 liters

A school has 250.5 pounds of apples. If they want to distribute them equally among 15 classes, how many pounds will each class receive? Estimate your answer first.

• 10 pounds

• 15 pounds

• 16.7 pounds

• 20 pounds

A car travels 150.75 miles on 5.5 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon does the car get? Estimate your answer before calculating.

• 20 miles per gallon

• 27.5 miles per gallon

• 25 miles per gallon

• 30 miles per gallon

A teacher has 36.4 meters of ribbon. If she wants to cut it into pieces that are 4.5 meters long, how many pieces can she cut? Estimate your answer first.

• 10

• 7

• 9

• 8

A library has 78.9 books to be placed on 9 shelves. If the books are distributed equally, how many books will be on each shelf? Estimate your answer before calculating.

• 10.1

• 9.2

• 8.77

• 7.5

A pizza shop made 64.8 pizzas. If they want to pack them into boxes that hold 8.4 pizzas each, how many boxes will they need? Estimate your answer first.

• 8

• 12

• 10

• 6

A swimmer swam 120.5 meters in 4.5 minutes. What is the swimmer's speed in meters per minute? Estimate your answer before calculating.

• 18.5 meters per minute

• 22.0 meters per minute

• 30.5 meters per minute

• 26.78 meters per minute

A gardener has 50.4 liters of water to distribute among 6 plants. How much water will each plant receive? Estimate your answer first.

• 5.0 liters

• 7.5 liters

• 8.4 liters

• 10.2 liters

A toy store has 90.6 toys to be divided among 12 children. How many toys will each child get? Estimate your answer before calculating.

• 9.00

• 8.25

• 7.55

• 6.75