{"id":86,"date":"2022-04-12T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2025-08-20T09:31:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:31:05","slug":"e-6-divide-decimals-by-whole-numbers-word-problems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-6-divide-decimals-by-whole-numbers-word-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"E.6 Divide decimals by whole numbers: word problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Divide decimals by whole numbers: word problems<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-ff587c72e1cef51f9d532013c9c7e5b1\" style=\"color:#74008b;text-transform:capitalize\">key notes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Steps to Divide Decimals by Whole Numbers<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Write the dividend (decimal number) inside the division bracket.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place the divisor (whole number) outside the bracket.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Divide as in whole numbers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring the decimal point straight up into the quotient.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continue dividing until you reach the required decimal places.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Steps to Divide Decimals by Whole Numbers<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Always align the decimal point properly in the answer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add zeros to the dividend if needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check the answer by multiplying quotient \u00d7 divisor = dividend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Examples<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Example 1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A packet of juice contains <strong>3.6 liters<\/strong> of juice. If it is poured equally into <strong>6 bottles<\/strong>, how much juice will each bottle contain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Division: 3.6\u00f76=0.63.6 \u00f7 6 = 0.63.6\u00f76=0.6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Each bottle contains <strong>0.6 liters<\/strong> of juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Example 2<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A rope is <strong>12.8 meters<\/strong> long. It is cut into <strong>4 equal pieces<\/strong>. Find the length of each piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Division: 12.8\u00f74=3.212.8 \u00f7 4 = 3.212.8\u00f74=3.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Each piece is <strong>3.2 meters<\/strong> long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Example 3<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A car uses <strong>45.6 liters<\/strong> of fuel in <strong>8 days<\/strong>. How many liters does it use per day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Division: 45.6\u00f78=5.745.6 \u00f7 8 = 5.745.6\u00f78=5.7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> The car uses <strong>5.7 liters<\/strong> of fuel per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Practice Word Problems<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A bag of rice weighs <strong>7.5 kg<\/strong>. If it is shared equally among <strong>5 families<\/strong>, how much rice will each family get?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A cloth of length <strong>18.9 meters<\/strong> is cut into <strong>9 equal parts<\/strong>. What is the length of each part?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A shopkeeper earned <strong>62.4 rupees<\/strong> in <strong>6 hours<\/strong>. How much did he earn per hour?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A tank contains <strong>25.2 liters<\/strong> of water. If water is distributed equally into <strong>12 bottles<\/strong>, how much water does each bottle hold?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A person walked <strong>9.6 kilometers<\/strong> in <strong>4 hours<\/strong>. What was his speed per hour?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#105000\"><strong>Learn with an example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-large-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#d5f9cd\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#b00012\">\u25b6\ufe0f <strong>Neil bought 5 rolls of paper towels. He got 408.7 metres of paper towels in all. How many metres of paper towels were on each roll?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add zeroes after the decimal point in the number you are dividing. Divide until there is no remainder.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__1_-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8631\" style=\"width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__1_-removebg-preview.png 500w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__1_-removebg-preview-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__1_-removebg-preview-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__1_-removebg-preview-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>There were <strong>81.74<\/strong> metres of paper towels on each roll.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#bee5f9\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#b00012\">\u25b6\ufe0f <strong>A lollipop factory used 298.91 kilograms of sugar to make 5 batches of lollipops. How much sugar did the factory put in each batch?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add zeroes after the decimal point in the number you are dividing. Divide until there is no remainder.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__2_-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8633\" style=\"width:270px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__2_-removebg-preview.png 500w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__2_-removebg-preview-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__2_-removebg-preview-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__2_-removebg-preview-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The factory put <strong>59.782<\/strong> kilograms of sugar in each batch of lollipops.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fcbfbf\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#b00012\">\u25b6\ufe0f <strong>An orchard produced 918.21 litres of fresh-squeezed orange juice over the course of 3 days. How much orange juice was produced each day, on average?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Divide until there is no remainder.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__3_-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8634\" style=\"width:290px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__3_-removebg-preview.png 500w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__3_-removebg-preview-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__3_-removebg-preview-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled_design__3_-removebg-preview-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The orchard produced <strong>306.07<\/strong> litres of orange juice each day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/80636\/732\/754\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-246.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-246.png 500w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-246-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-246-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-246-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/84752\/954\/395\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-248.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-248.png 500w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-248-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-248-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/7thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-248-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divide decimals by whole numbers: word problems key notes Key Points Steps to Divide Decimals by Whole Numbers Tips Steps to Divide Decimals by Whole Numbers Examples Example 1 A packet of juice contains 3.6 liters of juice. 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