Estimating and Interpreting Decimal Division Challenges

A baker has 12.5 pounds of flour. If she wants to divide it equally into 5 bags, how much flour will be in each bag? Estimate your answer first.

• 1.5 pounds

• 3 pounds

• 4 pounds

• 2.5 pounds

A teacher has 45.6 meters of ribbon. She wants to cut it into pieces that are 3.2 meters long. How many pieces can she cut, and how much ribbon will be left over?

• 13 pieces, 1.6 meters left over

• 14 pieces, 1.2 meters left over

• 14 pieces, 0.8 meters left over

• 15 pieces, 1.6 meters left over

A farmer harvested 78.4 liters of milk. He wants to put it into bottles that hold 2.5 liters each. How many full bottles can he fill, and how much milk will remain?

• 31 full bottles and 0.9 liters remaining

• 29 full bottles and 2.5 liters remaining

• 30 full bottles and 1.4 liters remaining

• 32 full bottles and 0.4 liters remaining

A bookstore sold 150.75 books in a month. If each book costs $12.99, how much money did the bookstore make from the sales? Estimate the total sales first.

• $1957.49

• $1500.00

• $2000.00

• $1800.00

A car travels 250.5 miles on 8.5 gallons of gas. How many miles does the car travel per gallon? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

• 27.8

• 32.1

• 25.5

• 29.4

A school has 120.5 pounds of apples. If they want to distribute them equally among 8 classes, how many pounds will each class receive, and how much will be left over?

• Each class receives 16 pounds, and there are 1 pound left over.

• Each class receives 14 pounds, and there are 2.5 pounds left over.

• Each class receives 15.0625 pounds, and there is 0 pounds left over.

• Each class receives 12.5 pounds, and there are 5 pounds left over.

A recipe requires 2.75 cups of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of sugar do you need in total?

• 11 cups

• 12 cups

• 10 cups

• 8 cups

A gardener has 64.8 square meters of land. If he wants to plant flowers in rows of 3.2 square meters each, how many rows can he plant, and how much land will be left?

• 20 rows, 0.8 square meters left

• 15 rows, 4.8 square meters left

• 22 rows, 1.6 square meters left

• 18 rows, 2.4 square meters left

A toy store has 95.6 toys. If they want to pack them into boxes that hold 4.5 toys each, how many full boxes can they fill, and how many toys will be left unpacked?

• 22 full boxes and 0.6 toys left unpacked

• 19 full boxes and 4.1 toys left unpacked

• 21 full boxes and 1.1 toys left unpacked

• 20 full boxes and 3.6 toys left unpacked

A restaurant serves 120.5 liters of soup. If each bowl holds 2.25 liters, how many full bowls can they serve, and how much soup will remain?

• 50 full bowls and 2.5 liters remaining

• 55 full bowls and 0.5 liters remaining

• 52 full bowls and 3 liters remaining

• 53 full bowls and 1.25 liters remaining