Name
Date
TEKS 7.2.B
LESSON
Class
Problem Solving
3-5 Dividing Decimals and Integers by Decimals
Write the correct answer.
1. Fran has a plank of wood
4.65 meters long. She wants to cut it
into pieces 0.85 meters long. How
many pieces of wood that length can
she cut from the plank?
2. Jeremy has a box of 500 nails that
weighs 1.35 kilograms. He uses
60 nails to build a birdhouse. How
much do the nails in the birdhouse
weigh?
3. Rhosanda is downloading a file from
the Internet. The size of the file is
7.45 MB. The file is downloading at
the rate of 0.095 MB per second.
How many seconds will it take to
download the entire file? Round your
answer to the nearest second.
4. Sean has a piece of poster board
with an area of 476.28 square
centimeters. He cuts it into equalsized squares, each with an area of
39.69 square centimeters. How many
squares can he cut from the piece of
poster board?
Choose the letter for the best answer.
6. In 2000, a production worker in
Japan who worked 38.5 hours in a
week would have earned an average
of $847. What was the hourly wage?
F $2.20 per hour
G $3.20 per hour
H $22.00 per hour
J $32.00 per hour
5. Mount McKinley, in Alaska, is about
3.848 miles high. If a mountain
climber can climb 0.25 miles per day,
about how long, to the nearest
day, would it take to climb
Mount McKinley?
A about 5 days
B about 8 days
C about 12 days
D about 16 days
8. In the 2000 Summer Olympics, the
United States relay team ran the
1,600-meter relay in 2 minutes,
56.35 seconds. To the nearest
hundredth, what was the speed for
the relay race in meters per second?
F 2.83 meters per second
G 6.24 meters per second
H 9.07 meters per second
J 28.39 meters per second
7. In the 2000 Summer Olympics,
Michael Johnson ran the 400-meter
race in 43.84 seconds. To the nearest
hundredth, what was his speed in
meters per second?
A 9.12 meters per second
B 10.96 meters per second
C 1.09 meters per second
D 91.24 meters per second
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Name
Date
TEKS 7.2.B
LESSON
Class
Problem Solving
3-5 Dividing Decimals and Integers by Decimals
Write the correct answer.
1. Fran has a plank of wood
4.65 meters long. She wants to cut it
into pieces 0.85 meters long. How
many pieces of wood that length can
she cut from the plank?
2. Jeremy has a box of 500 nails that
weighs 1.35 kilograms. He uses
60 nails to build a birdhouse. How
much do the nails in the birdhouse
weigh?
5 pieces
0.162 kilogram
3. Rhosanda is downloading a file from
the Internet. The size of the file is
7.45 MB. The file is downloading at
the rate of 0.095 MB per second.
How many seconds will it take to
download the entire file? Round your
answer to the nearest second.
4. Sean has a piece of poster board
with an area of 476.28 square
centimeters. He cuts it into equalsized squares, each with an area of
39.69 square centimeters. How many
squares can he cut from the piece of
poster board?
79 seconds
12 squares
Choose the letter for the best answer.
6. In 2000, a production worker in
Japan who worked 38.5 hours in a
week would have earned an average
of $847. What was the hourly wage?
F $2.20 per hour
G $3.20 per hour
H $22.00 per hour
J $32.00 per hour
5. Mount McKinley, in Alaska, is about
3.848 miles high. If a mountain
climber can climb 0.25 miles per day,
about how long, to the nearest
day, would it take to climb
Mount McKinley?
A about 5 days
B about 8 days
C about 12 days
D about 15 days
8. In the 2000 Summer Olympics, the
United States relay team ran the
1,600-meter relay in 2 minutes,
56.35 seconds. To the nearest
hundredth, what was the speed for
the relay race in meters per second?
F 2.83 meters per second
G 6.24 meters per second
H 9.07 meters per second
J 28.39 meters per second
7. In the 2000 Summer Olympics,
Michael Johnson ran the 400-meter
race in 43.84 seconds. To the nearest
hundredth, what was his speed in
meters per second?
A 9.12 meters per second
B 10.96 meters per second
C 1.09 meters per second
D 91.24 meters per second
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
All rights reserved.
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