Real-Life Decimal Division Challenges for 5th Graders

A baker made 12.5 dozen cookies. If he packs them into boxes of 2 cookies each, how many boxes can he fill?

• 60

• 80

• 70

• 75

A car travels 150.75 miles on 5.5 gallons of gas. How many miles does the car travel per gallon?

• 27.5 miles per gallon

• 25 miles per gallon

• 30 miles per gallon

• 20 miles per gallon

A teacher has 45.6 pounds of clay. If she wants to divide it equally among 8 students, how much clay will each student receive?

• 5.7 pounds

• 4.5 pounds

• 7.0 pounds

• 6.2 pounds

A farmer harvested 75.2 liters of milk from his cows. If he wants to put it into bottles of 4 liters each, how many bottles can he fill?

• 22

• 18

• 16

• 20

A store sells a pack of 3.6 pounds of rice for $9.00. How much does each pound of rice cost?

• $3.00

• $2.50

• $1.50

• $4.00

A gardener has 56.4 square feet of garden space. If he wants to plant flowers that need 2.4 square feet each, how many flowers can he plant?

• 25

• 30

• 20

• 23

A family bought 3.75 pounds of apples and wants to share them equally among 5 family members. How many pounds of apples does each member get?

• 1 pound

• 0.75 pounds

• 1.5 pounds

• 0.5 pounds

A recipe calls for 2.5 cups of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of sugar do you need in total?

• 10 cups

• 5 cups

• 7.5 cups

• 12 cups

A book costs $12.50. If a student has $50.00, how many books can he buy?

• 3

• 4

• 6

• 5

A pool holds 250.5 gallons of water. If a hose fills the pool at a rate of 5.5 gallons per hour, how many hours will it take to fill the pool?

• 60 hours

• 100 gallons per hour

• 30 hours

• 45.55 hours