Decimal Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Anette used 136.92 inches of lace equally on 12 dresses. How much lace did she use on each dress?

• 11.04 inches

• 11.31 inches

• 11.41 inches

• 12.57 inches

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Leslie purchased 4.5 pounds of grass seed. The grass seed cost $1.22 per pound. How much did Leslie spend on grass seed?

• $5.40

• $5.49

• $4.90

• $4.88

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A candy store owner has 8.32 pounds of jelly beans.  If she puts the jelly beans into 8 jars, how much candy will go in each jar?

• 4

• 1.04

• 1.40

• 66.56

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Two factors are multiplied, and their product is 8964.36. One factor is a whole number. How many decimals places are in the other factor? Tell how you know.

The other factor has ​ (a)   decimal place(s) because the number of decimal places in the product is the ​ (b)   the number of decimals places in the factors.

• 2

• sum of

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

• difference of

• quotient of

• product of

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

On Tuesday 57 people rent skates at Stardust Skate Center. It costs $2.59 to rent skates. How much money does the rink make in skate rentals on Tuesday?

• $259.00

• $1,476.30

• $147.63

• $2590.00

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

To solve the problem, Ms. Parker must move the decimal point in the ​ (a)   to the ​ (b)   to get a whole number. This is the same as multiplying by ​ (c)   , so she should also move the decimal point in the ​ (d)   . The correct quotient is ​ (e)   .

• divisor

• number

• right

• 100

• 10

• 1000

• dividend

• 13

• 1.3

• 0.0013

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

• too few places to the left

• too many places to the right

• 2

• 1

• one more place to the  left

• one more place to the right

• three more places to the left

• too many places to the left

• too few places to the right

• 3

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Billy bought 3.5 pieces of wood to build a bird feeder. Each piece of wood cost $1.50. How much did Billy spend on wood for his bird feeder?

WHICH OPERATION WOULD YOU USE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?

• Division

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Addition

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Bill paid $32.50 for 4 fishing rods.

How much did Bill pay per fishing rod?

WHICH OPERATION WOULD YOU USE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?

• Division

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Addition

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Hummingbirds flap their wings extremely fast. Their wings can flap about 13.35 times per second. How many times would a hummingbird flap its wings in 11.15 seconds?

WHICH OPERATION WOULD YOU USE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Subtraction

• Addition

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3