Solutions: Decimals, Part II

If you would like to better understand the curriculum, here are the learning objectives for this unit.

Estimating Decimal Products

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Using compatible numbers, 29.4 is changed to 30 and 3.2 is changed to 3. The product of 30 and 3 can be computed mentally.


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Rounding both factors down, we get:

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34.3 arrow_right.gif 30

The product of 5 and 30 is 150.

Rounding both factors up, we get:

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The product of 6 and 40 is 240.


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Using compatible numbers, $48.40 is changed to $48 and $7.59 is changed to $8. Working backwards, the product of $8 and 6 is $48.


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Using compatible numbers, 2.3 is changed to 2 and 60.6 is changed to 60. Thus, the estimated product is 120. Choice 2 makes sense since 139.38 is closest to our estimate of 120.


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Using compatible numbers, 38.6 is changed to 40 and 9.7 is changed to 10. Thus, the estimated product is 400. Choice 1 makes sense since 374.42 is closest to our estimate of 400.


Multiplying Decimals and Whole Numbers

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Multiplying Decimals

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$134.8750 arrow_right.gif $134.88


Estimating Decimal Quotients

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The number 2,163 is close to 2,100 and the number 7.1 is close to 7. Thus, using compatible numbers 2,100 and 7, we can find an estimated quotient.


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The number $251.75 is close to 240 and the number 83 is close to 80. Thus, using compatible numbers 240 and 80, we can find an estimated quotient.


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The number $49.50 is close to $48 and the number $3.25 is close to $3. Dividing $48 by $3, we get an estimated quotient of 16. Thus, choice 3 is the correct answer.


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The number 5,211.92 is close to 5,400 and the number 57.4 is close to 60. Dividing 5,400 by 60, we get an estimated quotient of 90. Thus, choice 3 must be the correct answer, since it is closest to our estimated quotient of 90.


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The number 925.98 is close to 900. Dividing 900 by 5, we get an estimated quotient of 180. Thus, choice 2 must be the correct answer, since it is closest to our estimated quotient of 180.

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The number 925.98 is close to 950. Dividing 950 by 5, we get an estimated quotient of 190. Thus, choice 2 must be the correct answer, since it is closest to our estimated quotient of 190.


Dividing Decimals By Whole Numbers

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Rounding Decimal Quotients

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$1.532 arrow_right.gif $1.53


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0.35 arrow_right.gif 0.4


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0.6870 arrow_right.gif 0.687


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0.23 arrow_right.gif 0.2


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119.537 arrow_right.gif 119.54


Dividing Decimals by Decimals

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$5.066 arrow_right.gif $5.07


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21.3275 arrow_right.gif 21.328


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$3.261 arrow_right.gif $3.26


Solving More Decimal Word Problems

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$3.04 arrow_right.gif $3

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$3 x 12 = $36


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32.6 x 12.3 = 400.98


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116.25 ÷ 15 = 7.75


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$159.98 ÷ 6 = $26.663

$26.663 arrow_right.gif $26.66


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51.78 ÷ 2.54 = 20.3858

20.3858 arrow_right.gif 20.386


Practice Exercises

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8 x 7 = 56, so choice 2 is correct.


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40 x 0.4 = 16, so choice 3 is correct.


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The number 1,000 is a power of 10. Multiplying by 1,000 is the same as moving the decimal point 3 places to the right. So choice 4 is correct.


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2.75 x 0.5 equals 1.375. So choice 3 is correct.


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3,000 ÷ 30 = 100. So choice 1 is correct.


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18 ÷ 9 = 2, so choice 3 is correct.


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43.23 ÷ 28 = 1.54

1.54 arrow_right.gif 1.5

So choice 1 is correct.


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$346.70 ÷ 127 = $2.729

$2.729 arrow_right.gif $2.73

So choice 3 is correct.


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9.368 ÷ 40 = 0.2342, so choice 1 is correct.


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11.75 ÷ 4.7 is the same as 117.5 ÷ 47, the quotient of which is 2.5. So choice 3 is correct.


Challenge Exercises

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Multiply 25 by $3 to get an estimated product of $75.


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We can round one factor up and one factor down to find an estimated product. There are two ways of doing this:

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10 x 50 = 500

OR

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20 x 40 = 800


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$17.75 x 42.5 = $754.375

$754.375 arrow_right.gif $754.38


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We can round use compatible numbers find an estimated quotient. There are two ways of doing this:

2,781.2 arrow_right.gif 2,800

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2,800 ÷ 7 = 400

OR

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3,000 ÷ 6 = 500

Note: 500 mph is also correct.


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1,235.52 lbs. ÷ 9 = 137.28 lbs.


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$189.95 ÷ 6 = $31.658

$31.658 arrow_right.gif $31.66


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133.75 ÷ 15 = 8.91

8.91 arrow_right.gif 8.9


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75.9 ÷ 3.2 = 23.71875

When dealing with bags, we can only count whole numbers. Therefore, Jenny will need 24 bags.


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175.35 ÷ 1.5 = 116.9

When dealing with containers, we can only count whole numbers. Therefore, Lilly will need 117 bags.


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$4,189.36 ÷ $804.10 = 5.20

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