IXL | Multiply and divide decimals: word problems

Julie and her friends want to go to Maple Point Amusement Park this summer. Each ticket costs $39.99. If 5 people are going, how much will the tickets cost in all?

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Mr. Watson bought new microscopes for his science classroom. Each microscope cost $99.90, and he spent a total of $499.50. How many microscopes did Mr. Watson buy?

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solution

One new microscope costs $99.90. Mr. Watson spent $499.50. Divide to find how many microscopes he bought.

First, move the decimal point 1 place to the right in both the divisor and the dividend. Now the divisor is a whole number.

499.50

99.90

→

4,995.0

999.0

Divide.

					5
999	4	,	9	9	5
– 4			9	9	5
					0

Mr. Watson bought 5

microscopes.

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