Math Drills
Division of Decimals (Word Problems)
A-3Word Problems (Partitive, Quotitive Division)
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- Division of Decimals
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- Division of Decimals (Word Problems)
Scenes of sharing a whole equally, of taking out one unit amount at a time, of asking how many times as large, of finding the weight per 1 m and of recovering a side from an area: the Word Problems that use Division of Decimals are spread wide. Some write the quotient and the remainder in separate boxes, and some join two expressions.
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Where the question asks how many are needed to hold everything, the answer counts one more for whatever was left over. Papers that drop the remainder and write only the quotient are common, and if the amount for one, multiplied by the count found, does not reach the whole amount, the count is one short.
The procedure itself stays as it was arranged in Decimal ÷ Decimal (Calculations), with the labor of reading from the text which number is divided by which laid on top. Word Problems with Rounded Answers moves on to answering with the quotient rounded off.
- Partitive Division2 questions
- Applying to Figures1 question
- Quotitive Division1 question
- Remainder1 question
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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Division of Decimals”, shown with their answers.
(1)You bought 0.8m of blue tape for 144 dollars. How many dollars does 1m of this blue tape cost? Answer □
Answer: 180dollars
(2)You bought 2.5m of silk ribbon for 750 dollars. How many dollars does 1m of this silk ribbon cost? Answer □
Answer: 300dollars
(3)There is a rectangle with an area of 7.5cm² and a height of 1.5cm. What is its width in how many cm? Answer □
Answer: 5cm
(4)There is 4.5L of milk. If you pour 0.5L into each cup, into how many cups can it be divided? Answer □
Answer: 9cups
(5)There is 5.9m of tape. If you cut it 0.7m at a time, how many pieces can you cut, and how many m will be left over? Answer □R□
Answer: 8pieces, 0.3m
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