TEKS 5.3F Worksheets — Grade 5 Represent quotients of decimals to the hundredths

Luis is making tacos for a family gathering in Dallas. He has 12.50 pounds of ground beef. If he plans to use the beef equally over 5 taco recipes, how many pounds of ground beef will he use for each recipe?

1. 2.50 ✓
2. 2.75
3. 3.00
4. 3.25

Why: To find out how much ground beef Luis will use for each taco recipe, divide the total pounds of beef, 12.50, by the number of recipes, 5. So, 12.50 ÷ 5 = 2.50. Therefore, Luis will use 2.50 pounds of ground beef for each taco recipe.

Amira is organizing a picnic at Palo Duro Canyon for her friends. She has 15 sandwiches and wants to share them equally among her 5 friends. How many sandwiches will each friend receive?

1. 3 ✓
2. 5
3. 2
4. 4

Why: To find out how many sandwiches each friend will receive, you can divide the total number of sandwiches by the number of friends. So, 15 ÷ 5 = 3. Each friend will receive 3 sandwiches.

Lily is organizing a picnic for her friends at the San Antonio River Walk. She has 24 sandwiches and wants to pack them into boxes. If each box can hold 4 sandwiches, how many boxes does Lily need to pack all the sandwiches? Which expression best represents the number of boxes needed?

1. 24 / 4 ✓
2. 24 + 4
3. 24 - 4
4. 24 * 4

Why: To find out how many boxes Lily needs, you divide the total number of sandwiches, which is 24, by the number of sandwiches each box can hold, which is 4. Therefore, the correct expression is 24 / 4, which equals 6 boxes. This means she needs 6 boxes to pack all the sandwiches.

Anika is helping her family prepare for the State Fair of Texas. They bought 48 pounds of corn to make corn on the cob. If they plan to package the corn into bags containing 1.5 pounds each, how many bags can they fill completely?

1. 32 ✓
2. 30
3. 28
4. 24

Why: To find out how many bags can be filled, divide the total weight of the corn by the weight of each bag. So, 48 pounds ÷ 1.5 pounds per bag = 32 bags. Therefore, Anika and her family can fill 32 bags completely.

Maria has 14.25 gallons of water to distribute to her family's plants in their backyard in Lufkin, Texas. If she wants to divide the water equally among 5 plants, how much water will each plant receive? Use a model to help you represent the division.

1. 2.85 ✓
2. 2.75
3. 3.00
4. 3.25

Why: To find out how much water each plant will receive, divide the total gallons of water by the number of plants: 14.25 ÷ 5 = 2.85. Therefore, each plant will receive 2.85 gallons of water.

Amira is helping her family run a stand at the Texas State Fair. They sold a total of 48 cotton candies. If each cotton candy costs $2.50, how much money did they make in total? Which equation can be used to find the total money made from selling the cotton candy?

1. 48 * 2.50 ✓
2. 48 + 2.50
3. 48 / 2.50
4. 48 - 2.50

Why: To find the total money made from selling the cotton candies, you need to multiply the number of cotton candies (48) by the price of each cotton candy ($2.50). The correct equation is 48 * 2.50, which equals $120. This shows how much money Amira's family made in total.

Lucia is organizing a picnic for her friends in Big Bend National Park. She wants to share 9.6 pounds of fruit equally among 8 friends. How many pounds of fruit will each friend receive?

1. 1.2 ✓
2. 1.5
3. 2.0
4. 2.4

Why: To find out how much fruit each friend will receive, divide the total pounds of fruit by the number of friends. So, 9.6 ÷ 8 = 1.2. Therefore, each friend will receive 1.2 pounds of fruit.

Camila is planting peach trees in her garden in the Rio Grande Valley. She has a total of 48 peach trees to plant. If she wants to plant them in rows with 6 trees in each row, how many rows will she need?

1. 8 ✓
2. 6
3. 12
4. 9

Why: To find out how many rows Camila will need, you can divide the total number of trees by the number of trees in each row. So, 48 divided by 6 equals 8. Therefore, Camila will need 8 rows to plant all of her peach trees.