Dividing Rational Numbers in Real-Life Word Problems

A baker made 12.5 kg of dough and used 3.5 kg for one batch of cookies. How much dough does he have left?

• 7 kg

• 10 kg

• 9 kg

• 8 kg

Sarah bought 4.5 meters of ribbon and used 1.2 meters for a project. How much ribbon does she have remaining?

• 2.5 meters

• 3.3 meters

• 1.8 meters

• 4.0 meters

A car traveled 150.75 miles on 5.5 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon did the car get?

• 20 miles per gallon

• 27.5 miles per gallon

• 25 miles per gallon

• 30 miles per gallon

Tom has 8.4 liters of juice. He wants to divide it equally into 3 bottles. How much juice will each bottle contain?

• 2.4 liters

• 3.2 liters

• 2.8 liters

• 1.5 liters

A recipe calls for 2.5 cups of flour. If you want to make half the recipe, how much flour do you need?

• 1 cup of flour

• 2 cups of flour

• 3 cups of flour

• 1.25 cups of flour

A gardener has 15.6 square meters of land and wants to plant flowers in 4 equal sections. How much land will each section have?

• 3.9 square meters

• 5.2 square meters

• 4.5 square meters

• 2.5 square meters

A runner completed a race in 2.5 hours. If she ran 10.5 miles, what was her average speed in miles per hour?

• 4.2 miles per hour

• 3.5 miles per hour

• 5.0 miles per hour

• 6.0 miles per hour

A teacher has 24.5 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 5 students. How many pencils will each student receive?

• 4.9

• 3.2

• 5.5

• 6.1

A bottle holds 1.75 liters of water. If you pour out 0.5 liters, how much water is left in the bottle?

• 1.25 liters

• 1.5 liters

• 2 liters

• 0.75 liters

A recipe requires 3.6 liters of milk. If you only have 1.2 liters, how much more do you need to buy?

• 2.0 liters

• 3.0 liters

• 1.0 liters

• 2.4 liters