Divide a Decimal by a Whole Number

42.3 ÷ 3

• 141

• 1.41

• 14.1

• 0.141

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

• 1.004

The base-ten blocks pictured below show Carter’s solution to a division expression. Which expression did Carter solve?

• 2.84 ÷ 4

• 0.71 ÷ 4

• 2.48 ÷ 4

• 7.1 ÷ 4

When dividing a decimal by a whole number, you should....

• scoop the decimal out of the dividend

• line up the decimal in the quotient (raise it to the roof)

• ignore the decimal

• put a decimal in the divisor

3.69 ÷ 3

• 1.23

• 13.2

• 12.3

13.23 ÷ 7 =

• 01

• 31

• 73

• 89

Davis earned $36.12 for making 7 touchdowns at his football game.  How much does he make per touchdown? 

• $5.17

• $5.12

• $5.14

• $5.16

1.62 ÷ 0.8 =

• 1.55

• 1.34

• 1.35

• 1.56

• 9.755

• 4.344

• 3.547

• 1.571