Decimal Division Challenges for Grade 5 Students

A baker made 3.5 kg of dough. He used 1.2 kg to make cookies. How much dough is left? If he divides the remaining dough into 4 equal parts, how much dough is in each part?

• 2.3 kg remaining dough; 0.575 kg in each part.

• 2.0 kg remaining dough; 0.5 kg in each part.

• 1.5 kg remaining dough; 0.375 kg in each part.

• 3.0 kg remaining dough; 0.75 kg in each part.

Sarah bought 2.5 meters of ribbon. She used 0.75 meters for a craft project. How much ribbon does she have left? If she wants to cut the remaining ribbon into 3 equal pieces, how long will each piece be?

• 2 meters remaining; each piece will be 0.6667 meters.

• 0.5 meters remaining; each piece will be 0.25 meters.

• 1.5 meters remaining; each piece will be 0.5 meters.

• 1.75 meters remaining; each piece will be approximately 0.5833 meters.

A bottle holds 1.5 liters of juice. If 0.6 liters are poured out, how much juice is left? If the remaining juice is divided into 3 cups, how much juice will each cup contain?

• 0.4 liters per cup

• 0.3 liters per cup

• 0.2 liters per cup

• 0.5 liters per cup

Tom has 4.2 kg of apples. He gives away 1.5 kg to his friend. How many kilograms of apples does he have now? If he wants to pack them into bags of 0.9 kg each, how many bags can he fill?

• Tom has 3.2 kg of apples left and can fill 4 bags.

• Tom has 1.5 kg of apples left and can fill 2 bags.

• Tom has 2.7 kg of apples left and can fill 3 bags.

• Tom has 2.0 kg of apples left and can fill 2 bags.

A car travels 2.4 kilometers on 1 liter of fuel. If it uses 0.5 liters, how far does it travel? If the car continues to travel at the same rate, how far can it go with 2 liters of fuel?

• 1.2 kilometers for 0.5 liters and 4.8 kilometers for 2 liters.

• 1.0 kilometers for 0.5 liters and 3.0 kilometers for 2 liters.

• 1.5 kilometers for 0.5 liters and 5.0 kilometers for 2 liters.

• 2.0 kilometers for 0.5 liters and 6.0 kilometers for 2 liters.

Emily has 3.75 liters of paint. She uses 1.25 liters for a project. How much paint is left? If she wants to pour the remaining paint into containers of 0.5 liters each, how many containers can she fill?

• 3 containers

• 5 containers

• 6 containers

• 4 containers

A farmer harvested 5.6 kg of tomatoes. He sold 2.3 kg at the market. How many kilograms of tomatoes does he have left? If he wants to pack the remaining tomatoes into boxes of 1.2 kg each, how many boxes can he fill?

• 1 box

• 3 boxes

• 2 boxes

• 4 boxes

A school bought 2.8 kg of flour. They used 1.4 kg for baking. How much flour is left? If they want to divide the remaining flour into 4 equal bags, how much flour will be in each bag?

• 0.35 kg

• 0.7 kg

• 1.4 kg

• 1.0 kg

Liam has 6.4 meters of rope. He cuts off 2.1 meters for a project. How much rope does he have left? If he wants to cut the remaining rope into pieces of 0.5 meters each, how many pieces can he make?

• Liam has 4.3 meters of rope left and can make 8 pieces of 0.5 meters each.

• Liam has 4.1 meters of rope left and can make 7 pieces of 0.5 meters each.

• Liam has 3.5 meters of rope left and can make 6 pieces of 0.5 meters each.

• Liam has 5.3 meters of rope left and can make 10 pieces of 0.5 meters each.

A store sold 3.5 liters of milk. If they had 10 liters at the start, how much milk is left? If they want to divide the remaining milk into 5 equal containers, how much milk will each container hold?

• 4 liters left, 0.8 liters per container

• 5 liters left, 1 liter per container

• 6.5 liters left, 1.3 liters per container

• 7 liters left, 1.5 liters per container