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Solving More Decimal
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Unit 13 > Lesson 8 of 11 |
| Example 1: |
School lunches cost $14.50 per week. About how much would 15.5 weeks
of lunches cost?
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| Analysis: |
We need to estimate the product of $14.50 and 15.5. To do this, we will round
one factor up and one factor down. |
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| Answer: |
The cost of 15.5 weeks of school lunches would be about
$200.
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| Example 2: |
A student earns $11.75 per hour for gardening. If she worked 21 hours
this month, then how much did she earn?
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| Analysis: |
To solve this problem, we will multiply $11.75 by 21. |
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| Answer: |
The student will earn $246.75 for gardening this month.
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| Example 3: |
Rick's car gets 29.7 miles per gallon on the highway. If his fuel tank
holds 10.45 gallons, then how far can he travel on one full tank of gas?
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| Analysis: |
To solve this problem, we will multiply 29.7 by 10.45 |
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| Answer: |
Rick can travel 310.365 miles with one full tank of gas.
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| Example 4: |
A member of the school track team ran for a total of 179.3 miles in
practice over
61.5 days. About how many miles did he average per day?
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| Analysis: |
We need to estimate the quotient of 179.3 and 61.5. |
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| Answer: |
He averaged about 3 miles per day.
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| Example 5: |
A store owner has 7.11 lbs. of candy. If she puts the candy into 9 jars,
how much candy will each jar contain?
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| Analysis: |
We will divide 7.11 lbs. by 9 to solve this problem. |
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| Answer: |
Each jar will contain 0.79
lbs. of candy.
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| Example 6: |
Paul will pay for his new car in 36 monthly payments. If his car loan is
for $19,061, then how much will Paul pay each month? Round your answer
to nearest cent.
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| Analysis: |
To solve this problem, we will divide $19,061.00 by 36, then round the quotient
to the nearest cent (hundredth). |
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| Answer: |
Paul will make 36 monthly
payments of $529.47 each.
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| Example 7: |
What is the average speed in miles per hour of a car that travels 956.4
miles in 15.9 hours? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
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| Analysis: |
We will divide 956.4 by 15.9, then round the quotient
to the nearest tenth. |
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| Answer: |
Rounded to the nearest
tenth, the average speed of the
car is 60.2 miles per hour.
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| Summary: |
In this lesson we learned how to solve word problems involving decimals. We
used the following skills to solve these problems:
- Estimating decimal products
- Multiplying decimals by whole numbers
- Multiplying decimals by decimals
- Estimating decimal quotients
- Dividing decimals by whole numbers
- Rounding decimal quotients
- Dividing decimals by decimals
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Exercises
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Directions: Read each question below. You may use paper and pencil to help
you solve these problems. Click once in an ANSWER BOX and type in your answer; then click ENTER.
After you click ENTER, a message will appear in the RESULTS BOX to indicate whether your answer is correct or incorrect.
To start over, click CLEAR.
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Estimate the amount of money you need to pay for a tank of gas if one gallon
costs $3.04 and the tank holds 11.9 gallons.
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The sticker on Dean's new car states that the car averages 32.6 miles
per gallon. If the fuel tank holds 12.3 gallons, then how far can Dean
travel on one full tank of gas?
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Larry worked 15 days for a total of 116.25 hours. How many
hours did he average per day?
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Six cases of paper cost $159.98. How much does one case cost? Round
your answer to the nearest cent.
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There are 2.54 centimeters in one inch. How many inches are
there in 51.78 centimeters? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
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