MODULE 6

Decimals in Real-Life
___ _____________
The average temperature for the month of April was 17.6°C.
The average temperature for the month of June was 27.8°C.
How many degrees hotter was it in June than in April?
_____________

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PART 1
Tenths
Scott ran the 100-yard dash in 10.3 seconds. What is the value of the 3?
You can use a place value chart to help you read and write numbers.

Decimal

Tenths
Ones
Tens
1 0 . 3
The numbers to the left of the decimal point are whole numbers. The numbers to
the right of the decimal point are parts of the whole, or decimals.

You can use a decimal when a whole is divided into 10 equal parts. One tenth is
written 0.1.

In the number 10.3, the value of the 3 is three tenths. You read the decimal as ten
and three tenths.

Example: Write the decimal and word name for the shaded part.

0.5
Five tenths

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Exercise 1-A
Write the decimal for the shaded part.
1.

2.

_________

Exercise 1-B
Write the number in words.
3. 4.1 ___________________________________

4. 0.2 ___________________________________

5. 18.5 ___________________________________

6. 3.7 ___________________________________

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Exercise 1-C
Write the decimal.
7. eight tenths ________ 8. Four tenths ________
9. six tenths ________ 10. One tenth ________
11. 6 and 2 tenths ________ 12. 9 and 6 tenths ________
13. 20 and 5 tenths ________ 14. 32 and 1 tenth ________
15. fifty and three tenths ________ 16. 23 and 6 tenths ________

PART 2

Hundredths
Adrienne walked 2.45 kilometers on Tuesday. She uses a pedometer to measure
the distance she walks every day. A pedometer measures the distance in
hundredths of a kilometer.
You can use a decimal when a whole is divided into 100 equal parts. One
hundredth is written 0.01.

1 one = 100 hundredths

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The shaded part of the place value models below shows how far Adrienne walked.

Hundredths
Decimal

Tenths
Ones

2 . 4 5

2 and 45 hundredths are shaded.

It is read as two and forty five hundredths.
Example: How many hundredths are shaded? Write the decimal.
Hundredt
Decimals

Tenths
Ones

hs

0 . 0 6

6 hundredths are shaded.

The decimal is written as 0.06.
It is read six hundredths.

Look at the place value chart. Why

Is there a zero in the tenths column?

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Exercise 2-A
Write the decimal for the shaded part.
1.

_____________
2.

_____________

Exercise 2-B
Write the number in words.
3. 0.07 __________________________________________________

4. 1.34 __________________________________________________

5. 7.19 __________________________________________________

6. 15.86 __________________________________________________

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Exercise 2-C
Write the decimal.
7. 63 hundredths ________
8. two hundredths ________
9. 89 hundredths ________
10. 15 and 3 hundredths ________
11. 9 and 6 hundredths ________
12. 2 ones, 1 tenth and 2 hundredths ________
13. 5 ones, 1 tenth and 2 hundredths ________
14. 6 ones and 9 hundredths ________
15. 6 tens and 6 tenths ________

PART 3

Thousandths
Baseballs players’ batting averages are given to the nearest thousandth.

You can use a decimal when a whole is divided into 1,000 equal parts. One
thousandth is written 0.001.

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Use the place value chart to help you read the numbers.

thousandths
Hundredths
Decimal

Tenths
Ones
Tens

0 . 3 4 8
1 . 6 2 4
1 5 . 0 0 7

In the number 0.348, the 8 is in the thousandths place.

Its value is 8 thousandths.
It is read three hundred forty- eight thousandths.

In the number 1.624, the 4 is in the thousandths place.

Its value is 4 thousandths.
It is read one and six hundred twenty-four thousandths.

In the number 15.007, the 7 is in the thousandths place.

Its value is 7 thousandths.
It is read fifteen and seven thousandths.

Exercise 3-A

Write the number in words.

1. 0.003

2. 1.107

3. 12.349

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Exercise 3-B

Write the number.

4. 324 thousandths _______ 5. 3 and 41 thousandths _______

6. 5 and 341 thousandths ___ 7. 41 and 8 thousandths _

Exercise 3-C

In the number 32.174 what digit is in the:

8. Tens place? ______ 9. Hundredths place? ______

10. Tenths place? ______ 11. Thousandths place?______

Critical Thinking

Use the cards below to solve.

6 9 . 1 3

12. Write two decimals with a 1 in the thousandths place and a 3 in the tenths
place.

13. Write all the decimals you can make with a 6 in the ones place and a 9 in the
thousandths place.

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PART 4
Comparing and Ordering Decimals
Comparing decimals is the same as comparing whole numbers. Start at the left
and compare the digits.

0.8 > 0.3 0.41 < 0.55

Example: Compare 1.2 and 1.27

To compare, write a zero after the 1.2. The value stays the same.

1.2 = 1.20 1.27

Look at the shaded squares.

1.20 < 1.27
1.2 < 1.27

You can compare numbers mentally.

1.62 1.79 1.99
1.62 < 1.79 < 1.99

These numbers are in order from least to greatest.

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Exercise 4-A

Write <, >, or = to compare the decimals.

1.0.2 ____ 0.8 2. 0.4 ____ 0.5 3. 0.6 ____ 6.0

4. 0.22 0.17 5. 0.30 0.10 6. 0.134 _ 0.137

7. 4.11 4.13 8. 2.07 _ 2.070 9. 3.12 3.012

10.2.70 _ 2.71 11. 3.169 __ 3.147 12. 0.75 _ 0.750

Exercise 4-B

Order From Least To Greatest

13. 0.7, 0.2, 1.7

14. 0.27, 0.35, 0.16

15. 3.3, 3.33, 3.303

16. 4.10, 4.01, 4.011, 4.101

17. 0.34, 0.43, 0.52, 0.32

Mental Math
Use mental math. Write each number as a hundredths decimal.

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PART 5

Rounding Decimals
The quarterback of the football team averaged 7.64 yards per pass last season.
You can round the decimal if you do not need to know the exact answer.

Rounding decimals is the same as rounding whole numbers. Look at the digit to
the right of the place to be rounded.

Round down when the digit is 0,1,2,3, or 4.

Round up when the digit is 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9.

7.64 rounded to the nearest whole number is 8.

7.64 rounded the nearest tenth is 7.6.

Example:

Round to the Digit to the Is it 5 or

Number Round
nearest right more?
46.59 Whole number 5 Yes Up to 47
13.71 Tenth 1 No Down to 13.7
3.802 Hundredth 2 No Down to 3.80

Example: Round 35.87 to its greatest place value.

35.87

Round 35.87 up to 40

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Exercise 5-A
Round to the nearest whole number.

1. 3.2 _____ 2. 6.7 _____ 3. 3.85 _____

4. 6.75_____ 5. 33.21 _____ 6. 27.52 _____
7. 39.07 _____ 8. 42.51 _____ 9. 82.17 _____

Exercise 5–B
Round to the nearest tenth.

10.3.32 ______ 11. 4.73 ______ 12. 6.88 ______

13. 9.07 ______ 14. 34.12 ______ 15. 16.86 ______
16.43.94 ______ 17. 21.11 ______ 18. 64.58 ______

Exercise 5–C
Round to the greatest place value.

19.3.3 ______ 20. 37.4 ______ 21. 22.8 ______

22.8.57 ______ 23. 41.89 ______ 24. 39.10 ______
25.27.3 ______ 26. 4.52 ______ 27.16.18 ______

Exercise 5–D
Round to the place of the underlined digit.

28.16.4 ______ 29. 3.72 ______ 30. 16.94 ______

31.113.26 ______ 32. 0.75 ______ 33. 100.12 ______

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PART 6

Problem solving strategy: Estimating with Decimals.

Megan is a salesperson for a tool company. She plans on leaving her office and
making sales calls today. She visits CY’s Circular Saws and Dan’s security doors in
the morning. About how many miles will she travel?

Sometimes you do not need an exact answer. You can estimate to solve a
problem.

Use the map above to solve the problem. To estimate how many miles Megan
traveled, round each number to the greatest place value.

15.3 20
+ 37.4 + 40
60

Megan traveled about 60 miles.

Example: In the afternoon, Megan traveled from Dan’s Security Doors to

Connie’s Construction and Lumber City. About how many miles did she travel in
the afternoon?

24.1 20
+ 23.6 + 20
40

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Exercise 6 –A
Estimate to solve

1. Megan spent $8.93 on gasoline in the morning. She spent $4.23 on gasoline in
the afternoon. About how much money did she spend on gasoline?

___________________

2. Rob is making a fruit basket. He wants to buy 6 pounds of fruit. He gets 1.37
pounds of grapes, 2.73 pounds of apples, and 1.99 pounds of oranges Does he
have enough fruit?

___________________

3. Jessica made $276.57 in commissions this week. Peter made $124.75. About
how much more did Jessica make than Peter?

___________________

4. Megan drove 100.4 kilometers the first day of her business trip. The second
day, she drove 86.7 kilometers. About how many more kilometers did she
drive the first day?

____________________

5. Juan buys a novel for $27.23 and a bookmark for $2.19. About how much did
he spend in all?

____________________

6. Brian ordered cement at Connie’s Construction. It was delivered in two

shipments. The first shipment was 75.7 pounds. The second shipment was
175.8 pounds. About how many pounds of cement did Brian order?

____________________

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PART 7

Adding Decimals

Karen runs 1.35 miles on Monday and 4.19 miles on Tuesday. How many miles
does she run in all?

To find out, add 1.35 and 4.19. When you add decimals, it is very important to
keep decimal points in line.
1
1.35 1.35
+ 4.19 + 4.19
5.54

Step One: Line up the decimal points.

Step Two: Add the hundredths. Regroup if necessary.
Step Three: Add the tenths. Regroup if necessary.
Step Four: Add the ones.

Karen ran 5.54 miles.

Sometimes each decimal does not have the same number of places. When this
happens, add a zero after the last digit of a decimal. Remember, writing a zero as
a placeholder does not change its value.

Example: Add: 8.35 + 2.7

8.35 8.35
+ 2.7 + 2.70
11.05
Calculating
When you use a calculator to add decimals, you do not need to add the zero as a
placeholder.

Add: 37.7 + 3.58

Press: 37.7 + 3.58 = 41.28

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Exercise 7–A
Add.

3.7 4.9 8.92 6.39

1. 2. 3. 4.
+2.1 +2.6 +3.87 +4.87

5. 6. 7. 8.
13.63 16.35 83.09 19.08
+3.09 +4.89 +2.17 +42.71

9. 10. 11. 12.

33.7 13.84 85.37 3.87
+34.9 +1.76 +3.83 +50.38

13. 14. 15. 16.

6.39 43.89 8.99 15.99
+17.38 +12.63 +13.47 +13.17

17. 18. 19. 20.

89.60 52.89 13.42 33.89
+13.89 +18.80 +63.89 +14.63

21. 22. 23. 24.

9.92 16.39 52.17 33.17
+13.82 +14.81 +1.89 +23.89

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Exercise 7–B
Add.

16.5 8.92 3.7 32.7

25. 26. 27. 28.
+ 3_ + 1.7_ + 3.89 + 14.38

0.72 8 14.1 33.9

29. 30. 31. 32.
+ 3.1_ + 2.33 + 0.87 + 2.89

14.63 9.75 93.16 5.9

33. 34. 35. 36.
+ 3.8_ + 4.1_ + 2.8_ + 7.87

44.89 16.7 13.63 58.7

37. 38. 39. 40.
+ 37.2_ + 8.93 + 3.4_ + 8.53

22.7 6.72 13.98 2.8

41. 42. 43. 44.
+13.97 +43.8_ + 3.4 + 3.72

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Exercise 7–C
Solve

45. Mike has $10. He wants to buy a roll of film for $ 3.79 and batteries for $5.20.
Does he have enough money?

46. Rose rides her bicycle for 6.8 kilometers on Saturday and 3.75 kilometers on
Sunday.
How many kilometers does she ride in all?

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PART 8

Subtracting Decimals

The high temperature on Friday was 88.7°F. The high temperature on Saturday
was 90.3°F. How much lower was the temperature on Friday?

To find out, subtract 88.7 from 90.3.

9
8 10 13
90.3 90.3
- 88.7 - 88.7
1.6

Step one: Line up the decimal points.

Step two: Subtract the tenths. Regroup
Step Three: Subtract the ones. Regroup
Step Four: Subtract the tens.

The temperature was 1.6°F lower on Friday.

Sometimes when you subtract decimals, each decimal does not have the same
number of places. When this happens, add zeros as placeholders. Remember,
adding a zero after the last digit of a decimal does not change its value.

Example: Subtract 4.75 from 9.2.

8 11 10
9.2 9.20
- 4.75 - 4.75
4.45

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Example: Subtracting 6.39 from 42.

42 42.00 42.00
- 6.39 - 6.39 - 6.39
35.61

Step One: Line up the Decimal points.

Step Two: Add a zero ion the tenths place and hundredths place.
Step Three: Subtract the hundredths. Regroup
Step Four: Subtract the tenths. Regroup
Step Five: Subtract the ones. Regroup.
Step Six: Subtract the tens.

Exercise 8-A
Subtract.

1. 0.8 2. 6.3 3. 5.8 4. 9.3

- 0.2 - 4.1 - 2.9 - 4.2

5. 16.7 6. 42.8 7. 36.8 8. 9.4

- 2.7 - 3.4 - 13.3 - 2.2

9. 33.1 10. 42.4 11. 52.5 12. 68.7

- 16.7 - 6.8 - 13.6 - 13.9

13. 4.38 14. 8.74 15. 37.84 16. 89.31

- 2.72 - 3.89 - 16.43 - 43.87

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Exercise 8 –B
Subtract.
17. 3.6 18. 8.39 19. 7.84 20. 13.53
- 1_ - 3.2_ - 2.4_ - 7__

21. 8 22. 7.8 23. 0.7 24. 0.9

- 3.7 - 3.92 - 0.42 - 0.36

25. 82.2 26. 16 27. 36.7 28. 43

- 8.95 - 4.81 - 22.72 - 8.73

29. 74.3 30. 62.6 31. 89.3 32. 52.9

- 13.91 - 43.74 - 7.54 - 1.79

Exercise 8 –C
Solve.

33. Janice has a $5 bill. She spends $1.89 at the card shop. How much change
does she receive?

34. Daniel spends $89.50 on groceries and $29.43 on records. How much more
does he spend on groceries then on records?

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Calculating

Use a calculator to find the differences.

35. 8 - 3.2 ________ 36. 9- 4.1________ 37. $6 - $2.89 __________

Application

Batting Averages

Baseball players keep track of their batting performance with a batting average. A
batting average is a record of the number of hits and the number of times at bat.
This average is written as a decimal to the thousandths place.

American League Batting Champions

0.375
0.37
0.365
0.36
Batting Averages

0.355
0.35
0.345
0.34
0.335
0.33
0.325
D. Mattingly w. boggs ( 1985) W. Boggs ( 1986) W. Boggs ( 1987) W. Boggs (1988) K . Puckett (1989)
(1984)
Batting Champions

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Use the graph to answer the questions.

1. Who had a higher batting average, Kirby Puckett or Don Mattingly?

2. In which year did Wage Boggs have the highest batting average?

3. How much higher was Wade Boggs` batting average in 1988 than 1987?

4. Which player had the highest batting average?

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Review 1

Write the number in words.

1. 0.7
2. 4.32
3. 48.007

Write the decimal.

4. 9 and 3 tenths _______ 5. 4 and 9 hundredths _______

6. 3 and 8 thousandths 7. Thirty-one thousandths _______

Compare
8. 0.7____ 0.4 9. 4.17____ 4.017 10. 0.85____ 0.085

11. 4.123____ 4.321 12. 0.70____ 0.10 13. 13.824____ 13.249

Round to the greatest place value.

14. 4.5 ______ 15. 63.9 _______ 16. 2.8 _______

17. 16.7 ______ 18. 43.84 _______ 19. 16.17 _______

Add or subtract.

20. 6.3 21. 8.9 22. 4.1 23. 3.9

+2.4 +3.7 +3.79 +4.81

24. 6.9 25. 8.7 26. 32.1 27. 42

-2.5 - 2.9 -5.63 -3.89

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PART 9
Multiplying & Dividing Decimals
Multiplying Decimals by Whole Numbers

When you multiply a decimal by a whole number, the product will have the same
number of decimal places as the decimal.

Example: Multiply 2.34 x 2.

Multiply decimals as you do whole numbers.

2.34 2.34 Two decimal places.

X 2 x 2 Two decimal places.
4.68

Step One: Multiply 4 hundredths by 2.

Step Two: Multiply 3 tenths by 2.
Step Three: Multiply 2 ones by 2.

2.34 x 2 = 4.68

Multiplication can be thought of as repeated addition.

2.34 2.34
X 2 + 2.34
4.68 4.68

Sometimes when you multiply decimals by a whole number, you need to regroup.

Example: Multiply 32.85 x 7.

Step One Step Two Step Three

32.85 32.85 32.85 Two decimal places
X 7 x 7 x 7
22995 22995 229.95 Two decimal places

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Step One: Multiply as you would with whole numbers.
Step Two: Count the decimal places.
Step Three: Write the decimal point in the product.

Example: The Sock Hop was having a clearance sale. Maggie bought 32 pairs of
socks for $1.89 each. How much did she spend at the sale?

To find out, multiply.

$1.89 $1.89 Two Decimal places

X 32 x 32
378 378
567 567
6048 $60.48 Two Decimal places

Example: Multiply 38.427 by 3.

38.427
38.427 38.427 Three Decimal places
+ 38.427 x 3
115.281 115.281 Three Decimal Places.

Exercise 9 – A
Multiply

1. 0.36 2. 0.74 3. 0.82 4. 3.8

X 4 x 9 x 6 x5

5. 734.2 6. 89.43 7. 12.8 8. 73.89

X 3 x 7 x 24 x 17

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9. 89.7 10. $41.44 11. 9.189 12. 8.274
X 42 x 89 x 407 x 209

13. 22.94 14. $62.17 15. 6.127 16. 9.194

X 821 x 75 x 387 x 217

17. 5.812 18. 43.82 19. $16.89 20. 62.3

X 319 x 15 x 425 x 143

Exercise 9 – B

Solve

21. The scout troop sold 457 boxes of cookies. Each box sells for $2.25. How much
money did they make from the cookie sale?

22. Marisa bought her grandson 3 books. The price of each book was $ 10.95.
How much did she spend in all?

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PART 10
Multiplying Decimals

You can use decimal models to show what happens when you multiply decimals.
This model shows 0.4 x 0.2.

0.4 0.2 0.4 x 0.2 = 0.08

When you multiply tenths by tenths. The product is in hundredths.

Look at the hundredths model above. The shaded area that overlaps four tenths
and two tenths is the product, or 8 hundredths.

When you multiply hundredths by tenths, the product is in thousandths.

Example: Multiply 3.82 x 2.7.

3.82
X 2.7
10.314
In general, if you add the number of decimal places in each factor, you will get the
number of decimal places in the product.

3.82 Two Decimal Places

X4 Zero Decimal Places
15.28 Two Decimal Places

61.8 One Decimal Places

X 0.67 Two Decimal Places
41.406 Three Decimal Places

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Exercise 10 – A
Multiply

1. 0.7 2. 0.5 3. 0.36 4. 0.83

x 0.8 x 0.9 x 0.7 x 0.5

5. 12.7 6. 0.309 7. 3.9 8. 0.412

x 0.9 x 2.2 x 0.2 x 2.7

9. 13.413 10. 27.2 11. 14.189 12. 0.7

x 3.9 x 8.9 x 6.7 x 148.3

13. 2.62 14. 2.714 15. 12.7 16. 4.176

x 142.8 x 23.9 x 3.6 x 0.32

17. 31.19 18. 13.8 19. 18.73 20. 0.9

x 0.72 x 147.9 x 20.1 x 42.8

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Exercise 10 – B
Use a calculator and multiply

21. 33.7 x 41.9 x 3.7 __________

22. 1.7 x 82.3 x 4.175__________

PART 11
Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers

Dividing decimals by whole numbers is the same as dividing whole numbers.

However, you must remember to write a decimal point in the quotient.

Example: Divide 9 ⟌13.5

Step One Step Two

15 1.5
9 ⟌13.5 9 ⟌13.5
- 9 - 9
45 45
- 45 -45
0 0

Step One: Divide as you would with whole numbers.

Step Two: Write the decimal point in the quotient above the decimal point in the
dividend.

When dividing decimals. You may need to add a zero in the quotient.

Example: Divide 6 ⟌0.084

0.014
6 ⟌0.084 Add zeros in the
- 6 quotient to show 0
24 ones and 0 tenths
- 24
0

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When dividing decimals, you may need to add a zero in the dividend. Remember,
when you add a zero after the last digit of a decimal, the value stays the same.

Example: Divide: 18 ⟌2.43

Step One Step Two

135 0.135
18 ⟌2.430 18 ⟌2.430
-18 -18
63 63
- 54 - 54
90 90
- 90 - 90
0 0

Step One: Divide as you would with whole numbers. Add zero to the dividend to
complete the division.

Step Two: Write the decimal point in the quotient above the decimal point in
dividend.

Example: Marcella is knitting a baby blanket. She needs 189.8 grams of yarn.
Each package of yarn is 52 grams. How many packages of yarn does she need?

To find out, divide.

3.65
52 ⟌189.80
- 156
33 8
- 31 2
2 60
- 2 60
0
Marcella needs to buy four packages of yarn. The quotient, 3.65, must be
rounded up to the nearest whole number so that Marcella will have enough yarn
to finish the blanket.

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Exercise 11 – A

Divide

1. 3 ⟌34.5 2. 6 ⟌10.5 3. 7 ⟌9.8 4. 5 ⟌107.5

5. 8 ⟌83.2 6. 4 ⟌29.68 7. 9 ⟌594.9 8. 6 ⟌0.108

9. 3 ⟌9.321 10. 8 ⟌0.56 11. 32 ⟌2.4256 12. 39 ⟌10.062

13. 15 ⟌15.6 14. 27 ⟌64.8 15. 41 ⟌224.27 16. 69 ⟌1.4076

17. 52 ⟌2.8444 18. 62 ⟌1.736 19. 21 ⟌770.7 20. 17 ⟌5.2479

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PART 12
Multiplying or Dividing by Power or 10

You can multiply by a power of ten mentally.

Multiply by Ten. Multiply by Hundred Multiply by 1,000

10 x 2.34 = 23.4 100 x 6.214 = 621.4 1000 x 3.8724 = 3,872.4
10 x 24.3 = 243 100 x 62.14 = 6,214 1000 x 38.724 = 38,724
10 x 243 = 2,430 100 x 621.4 = 62,140 1000 x 387.24 = 387,240

Multiplying by 10 moves the decimal point one place to the right.

Multiplying by 100 moves the decimal point two places to the right.
Multiplying by 1,000 moves the decimal point three places to the right.

Multiplying by power of ten makes a greater number.

You can divide by a power of ten mentally.

Divide by 10 Divide by 100 Divide by 1,000

32.5÷10 = 3.25 284.3÷100 =2.843 4.783.5÷1,000=4, 7835
3.25÷10=0.325 28.43÷100= 0.2843 478.35÷1,000= 0. 47835
0.325÷10=0.0325 2.843÷100= 0.02843 47.835÷1,000= 0.047835

Dividing by 10 moves the decimal point one place to the left.

Dividing by 100 moves the decimal point two places to the left.
Dividing by 1,000 moves the decimal point three places to the left.

Dividing by a power of 10 makes a lesser number.

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Exercise 12 – A
Multiply Mentally
1. 10 x 3.97 _______ 2. 10 x 0.09 _______ 3. 10 x 3.7

4. 100x8.87 _______ 5. 100x4.63 __ 6. 100x0.853 ___

7. 1,000x2.43 ___ 8. 1,000x38.16 ________ 9. 1,000x0.09 ________

Exercise 12 – B
Divide Mentally
10. 8.7÷10 _______ 11. 12.83÷10 _______ 12. 0.04÷10 ________

13. 5.9÷100 _______ 14. 0.82÷100 _______ 15. 0.893÷100 ________

16. 7.143÷1,000 ______ 17. 4.16÷1,000 ________ 18. 39.12÷1,000 ________

Exercise 12 – C
Multiply or divide mentally.
19. 100 x 3.47 ____________ 20. 10 x 0.763 _____________
21. 843.6 ÷ 1,000 _________ 22. 0.16 ÷ 10 ______________
23. 1,000 x 85.1 ___________ 24. 9.198 ÷ 100 ____________
25. 0.659÷10 ______________ 26. 12.07÷10 ______________

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PART 13
Problem solving strategy:
Organizing Information in a Trade:

Barbara wants to go to the beauty salon to get a haircut, a permanent, and a

manicure. She reads these ads in the newspaper to decide which salon has the
least expensive rates.
Shirley’s Shears Chuck’s Cutting Crib Carole’s Comb Out
Haircuts $20. 25 Haircut $10.00 Haircut $ 35.85
Manicure $15.99 Manicure $ 29.95 Manicure $21.89
Tints $ 38.76 Tints $18.70 Tints $ 70.89
Permanent $ 59.88 Permanent $ 50.00 Permanent $ 61.45

She decides to make a table to organize the information.

Prices at Each Salon
Salon Haircut Permanent Manicure Total
Shirley’s $20.25 $59.88 $15.99 $96.12
Chunk’s $10.00 $50.00 $29.95 $89.95
Carole’s $35.85 $61.45 $21.89 $119.19

Barbara’s table is organized in such a way that it is easy to add the prices. She has
columns that are labeled and rows that give the prices for each service. Barbara
can see from the Total Column that it would cost less to have a haircut,
permanent, and manicure at Chuck’s Cutting Crib

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Exercise 13 – A
Carole’s Comb out Salon sells shampoo, conditioner, gel, and mousse. Use
Carole’s receipts to complete the table.
Sales at Carole’s Comb Out
Day Shampoo Conditioner Gel Mousse Total
Monday 3 0 6 0 9
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Shampoo
18 Conditioner 13 Shampoo 12 Conditioner 14 Shampoo
3 Bottles
3 Mousse 19 Mousse 16 Gel 10 Conditioner
6 gel

Use the table to answer the questions.

5. On which day were the most products sold?

6. Was more shampoo or conditioner sold this week?

7. How many jars of gel were sold altogether this week?

8. On which day of the week were the most bottles of shampoo sold?

9. How many products did Carole sell altogether this week?

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Dividing by Tenths

Look at the place value models. Each strip represents 1 tenth, or 0.1.

How many times can you match the two tenths strip with the shaded part of the
tenths model?

This model shows 0.6 ÷ 0.2 = 0.3. To make dividing easier; you can also make the
divisor a whole number by multiplying the divisor and the dividend by the same
power of 10.

Example: Divide 6.8 by 0.4

Step 1: (10 x 0.4) 0.4 ⟌6.8 (10 x 6.8)

Step 2: 0.4 ⟌6.8

Step 3: 17
4 ⟌68

Step 1: Multiply the divisor and the dividend by a power of 10.

Step 2: Move the decimal points one place to the right.

Step 3: Divide.

Check by multiplying.
17 x 0.4 = 6.8

Divide 4.23 by 0.9

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Step 1: Multiply the divisor and the dividend by 10.

(10 x 0.9) 0.9 ⟌4.23 (10 x 4.23)

Step 2: Move the decimal points to the right.

0.9 ⟌42.3

Step 3: Divide.
4.7
9 ⟌42.3
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63
-63
0

Exercise 14 – A
Divide
1. 0.6 ⟌7.2 2. 0.4 ⟌2.2 3. 0.7 ⟌4.41 4. 0.3 ⟌0.267

5. 0.8 ⟌50.08 6. 0.5 ⟌0.32 7. 0.2 ⟌6.22 8. 0.9 ⟌11.07

9. 1.3 ⟌85.02 10. 6.2 ⟌2.232 11. 4.9 ⟌15.729 12. 7.2 ⟌30.6

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Exercise 14 – B
Divide
13. 3.2 ⟌5.28 14. 4.9 ⟌22.393 15. 6.2 ⟌2.9636 16. 8.9 ⟌2.136

17. 4.1 ⟌1.5129 18. 2.2 ⟌2.1186 19. 5.8 ⟌182.12 20. 3.7 ⟌3.145

21. 31.2 ⟌196.56 22. 49.7 ⟌62.125 23. 50.6 ⟌23.782 24. 13.8 ⟌3.726

Exercise 14 – C
Solve.

25. James drove 111.54 miles on a business trip. He averaged 50.7 miles per hour.
How many hours did James Drive?

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Calculating

You can use the constant feature on a calculator to find the quotient to division
exercises without using the ÷ key.

Example: 36.6 ÷ 6.1 Press 36.6 – 6.1 ======== 0

The number of times you pressed = to get 0 is the quotient, 6.

Find the quotient without using the ÷ key.

26. 2.1 ÷ 0.7 ________ 27. 1.6 ÷ 0.2 _________ 28. 16.4 ÷ 4.1 ________

PART 15
Dividing by hundredths and thousandths.

A chemist has 29.04 grams of substance needed to perform an experiment. She

must put 0.24 grams into each test tube. How many test tubes does she need?

To find out, divide 29.04 by 0.24. Remember, when the divisor is a decimal,
multiply it by a power of 10 to make a whole number.

Step one: Multiply the divisor and the dividend by 100.

(100 x 0.24) 0.24 ⟌29.04 (100 x 29.04)

Step Two: Move the decimal points two place to the right.
0.24 ⟌29.04

Step Three: Divide.

121
24 ⟌2904

The chemist will need 121 test tubes.

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Example: Divide 2.25 by 0.9

(100 x 0.09) 0.09 ⟌2.25 (100 x 2.25)

0.09 ⟌2.25

25
9 ⟌225
To divide a decimal by thousandths, multiply the divisor and dividend by 1,000.
Sometimes you may need to add a zero in the dividend to complete the division.

Example: Divide 797.44 by 0.623

Step One: (1,000 x 0.623) 0.623 ⟌797.44 (1,000 x 797.44)

Step Two: 0.623 ⟌797.440 (add a zero)

Step Three: 1280

623 ⟌797440
- 623
1744
- 1246
4984
- 4984
0

Example: Divide 8.2755 by 3.065

Step One: (1,000 x 3.065) 3.065 ⟌8.2755 (1,000 x 8.2755)

Step Two: 3.065 ⟌8.2755

Step Three: 2.7

3.065 ⟌8275.5
- 6130
2145 5
- 2145 5
0
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Exercise 15 – A
Divide
1. 0.08 ⟌2.104 2. 0.04 ⟌15.6 3. 0.06 ⟌1.35 4. 0.09 ⟌5.742

5. 0.11 ⟌4.983 6. 0.05 ⟌11.5 7. 0.03 ⟌1.569 8. 0.02 ⟌1.928

9. 0.17 ⟌9.40525 10. 0.014 ⟌11.9588 11. 8.26 ⟌51.4598

12. 0.247 ⟌15.5363 13. 0.743 ⟌2.57821 14. 0.812 ⟌1.37228

Exercise 15 – B

Avocados sell for $ 1.09 each. Tell how many were purchased for each sale.

15. $6.54________ 16. $3.27_________ 17. $16.35_________

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Application

Area

Suppose you want to carpet the family room. You can find the area of the room
by multiplying the length times the width.

14 ft width
The length is 20 feet.
The width is 14 feet.
Multiply 20 x 14 to find the area. 20 ft
Area= 20 x 14 length
Area = 280
The area of the family room is 280 square feet.

What is the area? Complete.

1. 0.56 2. 0.7 3. 9.37

0.36 0.6 3

_______ Square units ______ square units _______ square units

4. 0.93 5. 0.85 6. 3.89

0.93 0.17 0.17 7 7

_____ Square Unit _____Square Unit ____Square Unit

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Module 6: Decimals in Real-Life
Review 2

Multiply.
1. 0.24 2. 0.92 3. 4.6 4. 24.7
x 6 x 8 x 3 x 18

5. $19.25 6. 0.809 7. 0.82 8. 0.319

x 324 x 0.7 x 0.5 x 3.7

9. 18.43 10. 13.7 11. 6.3 12. 0.8

x 16.1 x 8.4 x 124.73 x 113.9

Divide.
13. 5 ⟌22.6 14. 9 ⟌4.05 15. 14 ⟌3466.4 16. 58 ⟌31.726

17. 10 ⟌4.683 18. 0.7 ⟌43.75 19. 0.8 ⟌17.2 20. 0.3 ⟌16.92

21. 0.14 ⟌8.876 22. 0.73 ⟌32.2733 23. 0.256 ⟌0.8192

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