How Can You Use Models to

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Find a Decimal Quotient?

A

Three friends received $2.58 for aluminum cans You can use place value
they recycled. They decided to share the money blocks. Let a 100 square ​= $1.00​,
equally. How much will each friend get? a tenth bar ​= $0.10​, and a
hundredth cube ​= $0.01​.

Find ​2.58 ÷ 3​.

2 ones 5 tenths 8 hundredths

B There are not enough ones to put 1 in C Trade the one extra tenth for 10 hundredths
each group, so regroup the 2 ones to get 18 hundredths. Divide the
into 20 tenths. You can see that there 18 hundredths into 3 equal groups.
are 25 tenths in 2.58. Divide the Each group gets 6 hundredths.
25 tenths into 3 equal groups.    0.86
____
3​⟌2.58 ​ 
​ _ − 2.40  ​ 3 groups
​​ ​ of ​0.8 = 2.40​.
​​​  
0.18
− 0.18 
​ _ ​ 3 groups
of ​0.06 = 0.18​.
0
    0.8 
____
⟌
  3​ 2.58 ​ 
​​  ​​ 
  ​ 3 groups of ​0.8 = 2.40​.
​  − 2.40 
_ ​
     0.18

​2.58 ÷ 3 = 0.86​
Each of the 3 friends will
get $0.86.

Convince Me!  Reasoning The next week, 4 friends got $8.24 for the
cans they collected. How much money will each friend get? Estimate
using compatible numbers and then use a strategy to find the answer.

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Practice Tools Assessment

Do You Understand? Do You Know How?

1. What is a reasonable estimate for 3. Use models to help you divide ​2.16 ÷ 4​.
​8.24 ÷ 4​? Explain. Complete the division calculation.
0 .     
_______
4​⟌ 2 . 1  6 ​ 
​_ − .       ​
​​  ​ 
 ​​  
2. How is dividing a decimal by a whole
    0 .   6 
number similar to dividing a whole
number by a whole number? Explain.  − 0.      
​_ ​
0 

Leveled Practice In 4–9, divide. Use or draw models to help.

0 . 4     
 _______  .     
_______
4. 3​⟌ 1 . 3  5 ​  5. 4​⟌ 5. 7  2  ​ 
​_   −    .         ​ − . 0     
​_ ​
​​   
 
​​ 
  ​ 
0.    5     .     
−   0.        ​​  ​​ ​ 
 
​_ ​ ​_ −     .        ​
    0 
  .      
​   − 0.      
_ ​
 

6. ​2.38 ÷ 7​ 7. ​4.71 ÷ 3​ 8. ​1.76 ÷ 8​ 9. ​5.36 ÷ 2​

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10. Reasoning  Alan is modeling ​2.65 ÷ 5​. How should
he exchange the place-value blocks so he can make
5 equal shares?

11. Algebra  Abby wants to know the value 12. To find ​5.16 ÷ 6​, should you divide the
of n in the equation ​7.913 × n = 791.3​. ones first or the tenths first? Why?
What value for n makes the equation
true?

13. There are 264 children going on a field
trip. Are 5 buses enough if each bus
holds 52 children? Tell how you decided.
14. Higher Order Thinking  Ginny earned
$49.50 for 6 hours of gardening and
$38.60 for 4 hours of babysitting. For
which job did she earn more money per
hour? How much more per hour did she
earn? Explain how you found the answers.

Think about what

information in the problem
you need to compare.

Assessment Practice

15. Tia drew the model below for ​1.35 ÷ 3​. Part B
Draw the correct model and find the quotient.

Part A
Explain the mistake Tia made.

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