Exploring Decimal Division in Real-Life Scenarios

A baker made 12.5 pounds of dough and wants to divide it into bags that each hold 2.5 pounds. How many bags can he fill?

• 3

• 6

• 5

• 4

Sarah bought 3.6 meters of ribbon. If she uses 0.9 meters for each gift, how many gifts can she wrap?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 2

A car travels 150.5 miles on 5.5 gallons of gas. How many miles does the car travel per gallon?

• 25.5 miles per gallon

• 27.36 miles per gallon

• 22.8 miles per gallon

• 30.2 miles per gallon

Tom has 4.8 liters of juice. He wants to pour it equally into 1.2-liter bottles. How many bottles can he fill?

• 4

• 6

• 5

• 3

A farmer harvested 25.5 kilograms of apples and wants to pack them into boxes that hold 3.0 kilograms each. How many boxes does he need?

• 8

• 7

• 10

• 9

A recipe calls for 2.4 cups of flour. If you want to make half of the recipe, how much flour do you need?

• 2.0 cups

• 1.5 cups

• 1.2 cups

• 3.0 cups

A school has 45.6 pounds of paper to distribute equally among 12 classrooms. How much paper will each classroom receive?

• 4.0 pounds

• 2.5 pounds

• 3.8 pounds

• 5.5 pounds

Lily read 7.5 books in a month. If she continues at this rate, how many books will she read in 4 months?

• 30

• 40

• 35

• 25

A gardener has 18.4 square meters of soil to plant flowers. If each flower requires 2.3 square meters, how many flowers can he plant?

• 12

• 10

• 6

• 8

A store sells 6.4 kilograms of oranges for $8.00. How much does 1 kilogram of oranges cost?

• $1.50

• $1.25

• $2.00

• $0.80