Multiplying and Dividing Decimals

When multiplying decimal numbers, what do you do before you work out the problem?

• Ignore the decimals

• Line up the decimals

• Get rid of the numbers behind the decimals

The local library has 2,500 books. If one box will hold 24 books, then how many boxes will be needed to hold all of the books?

Carol had 185 photos to put into a photo album. If each page holds 15 photos, how many FULL pages will she have?

What is the correct location of the decimal point in the product of

12.3 x 1.74= 21402

• 2.1402

• 21.402

• 214.02

• 2,140.2

Damien ran 1.5 miles before taking a break. Andrea ran 0.75 times as far before taking a break. How far did Andrea run before taking a break?

• 2.25 miles

• 11.25 miles

• 1.125 miles

• 0.75 miles

What is the area of the triangle?

• 22.5 sq meters

• 4.5 sq meters

• 45 sq meters

• 2.25 sq meters

Mrs. Louis has 11.04 cups of cake mix and plans to make cupcakes. If each cupcake uses 0.24 cups of mix, how many many cupcakes can Mrs. Louis make?

• 46

• 56

• 48

• 52

A store is shipping 26 birdhouses to a park. Each birdhouse weighs 3.93 pounds. What is the total weight of the shipment?

• 28.93 pounds
• 31.44 pounds
  
• 102.18 pounds
• 102.48 pounds

• 32.022

• 5.337

• 53.37

• 138.762