Division of Decimals Problems

A rope was 14.35 inches long. Megan cut the rope into 7 pieces of equal length. What was the length of each piece of rope in inches?

• 2.5 inches

• 2.35 inches

• 2.05 inches

• 2.55 inches

What is the quotient when 0.75 is divided by 5?

• 4.25

• 0.15

• 3.75

• Not here

Anthony has a goal of saving $96.20. He will save the same amount each week for 13 weeks. How much money will Anthony need to save each week in order to meet his goal?

• $7.40

• $7.52

• $7.04

• $7.31

What is a quotient?

• The answer to a addition problem

• The answer to a subtraction problem

• The answer to a division problem

• The answer to a multiplication problem

Calculate
5.75÷0.25

• 0.23

• 2.3

• 2.03

• 23

Calculate
7.8÷0.03

• 2.6

• 26

• 260

• .26

2.943 ÷ 2.7

• 109

• 10.9

• 1.09

1.8 ÷ 6

• 0.6

• 3

• 0.3

• 0.96

Explain Division of Decimals.

When dividing decimals, make sure the ​ (a)   is a whole number. Then, move the decimal point in the ​ (b)   the same number of times.

• divisor

• dividend

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