WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING

GRADE VDIVISION OF DECIMALS

WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING DIVISION OF DECIMALS

Objective: Solve word problems involving division of decimals.

REVIEW

Solve and check.

3) 0.45 3.42
4) 0.15 20.25

1) 0.25 42.5

5) 0.25 1.15
2) 0.85 42.5

STUDY AND LEARN

A tailor makes shirts, each requiring 1.15 meters of cloth. He has 148.35 meters
of cloth available. How many shirts can he make?

What information can we get from the problem?

What are the steps to follow in solving word problem?

Step 1. Read and understand the problem.

What are you asked to find?
What facts are given?
Step 2. Plan.
What plan can you make?

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 First, study the problem. Identify the relationships that can help you decide
which operation to use.
Step 3. Solve.
How can you solve the problem?

Step 4. Check if your answer is reasonable.

Let us now solve the problem following the steps mentioned above.

Step 1

What are you asked to find?

The number of shirts the tailor can make.

What facts are given?

1.15 meters, 148.35 meters

Step 2

You are asked to find how many skirts can be made from the available cloth.
So you divide.

Step 3

Find the quotient.

Solution:

129
115. 148.35.
115
333
- 230
1035
- 1035
0
Step 4
Review the answer.
129
x 1.15
645
129
129 .
148.35

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 TRY THESE

Analyze and solve the problem.

1. Rina is setting up the equipment for her science class. She has 0.336 liters of
water, and she is going to pour equal amounts into 8 beakers. How much water
will each beaker contain?

a. What are the facts?

b. The number sentence is ____.
c. The answer is ____.

2. 342 pieces of freight on a cargo ship weigh 598.5 kilos. What is the average
weight of each piece of freight?

a. The equation is ___.

b. What is asked in the problem?
c. The answer is ____.

3. Nick is cutting a board to make book ends. How many pieces of 0.75-foot long
pieces can he cut from a 6-foot long board?

a. What number sentence can be used to find how many pieces of board can be
cut?
b. What is the answer?

4. Doris runs a total distance of 7.5 kilometers on 3 different days. What is the
average distance covered by Doris?

a. What facts are given?

b. What are you asked to find?
c. How can you solve the problem?
d. What is the answer?

WRAP UP

What are the steps in solving word problems?

Step 1: Understand the problem.

Step 2: Plan.
Step 3: Solve.
Step 4: Check your final answer.

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 ON YOUR OWN

Answer the following problems. Write your solutions and answers in your notebook.

1. The maximum weight capacity of a container is 20.4 kilograms. Larry places

objects weighing 1.2 kilograms. How many objects of such weight can the
container hold?

a. What is asked in the problem?

b. What are the given facts?
c. Solve. Show your solution.
d. Check your answer.

2. How many 1.15-meters wire can be cut from a 13.8-meter wire?

a. What number sentence can be used to solve the problem?

b. What information is needed to solve the problem?
c. Show your solution.
d. Check your answer.

3. Ben is filling a pail that can hold 4.5 quarts. He is using a dipper that holds 0.75
of a quart. How many times will Ben fill the dipper?

a. What is asked in the problem?

b. The number sentence is ____.
c. Solve. Show your solution.
d. Check your answer.