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Grade 7
Divide decimals by whole numbers: word problems
Lauren went to the hardware store and bought
5
5
5
identical copper pipes. When Lauren lined up the pipes end-to-end, the line was
5.9
5.9
5.9
meters long. How long was each pipe?
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_____ meters
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The faces of a cube have an area of
0.01
0.01
0.01
square units each. What is the cube's volume?
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____ cubic units
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A candy store called "Sugar" built a giant hollow sugar cube out of wood to hang above the entrance to their store. It took
13.5
m
2
13.5\,\text{m}^2
13.5
m
2
the cube.
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A car odometer showed
6
,
447.5
6,447.5
6
,
447.5
miles at the end of a trip. How many miles did the odometer show at the beginning of the trip if the car was driven
428.3
428.3
428.3
miles?
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Annual tuition at a private four-year college averages
3.2
×
1
0
4
3.2 \times 10^{4}
3.2
×
1
0
4
dollars. How many thousands of dollars is that?
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____ thousand dollars
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Nikki's cousin lives
60
60
60
miles away, so Nikki decided to take the train to visit him. If the trip took
2
1
2
2 \frac{1}{2}
2
2
1
hours, how many miles per hour did the train travel?
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Tomas was able to fill
6
2
3
6\frac{2}{3}
6
3
2
equal-sized buckets with a total of
33
1
3
33\frac{1}{3}
33
3
1
liters of paint.
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How much paint was in each whole bucket?
\newline
□
\square
□
liters
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6
6
6
. Brandon and Marta are mowing a lawn. For every
4
4
4
square feet that Brandon mow Marta mows
9
9
9
square feet. The lawn is
5200
5200
5200
square feet. How much lawn does each person mow?
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A Toyota sedan with a
40.5
L
40.5\,\text{L}
40.5
L
petrol tank capacity runs out of petrol. Three containers, each with a capacity of
13.25
L
13.25\,\text{L}
13.25
L
, are used to fill up the tank. How many millilitres
(
mL
)
(\text{mL})
(
mL
)
of petrol are still needed to fill the tank to capacity?
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Lincoln drove
174
174
174
miles in
3
3
3
hours. On average, how fast did he drive, in miles per hour?
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Answer:
□
\square
□
miles per hour
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The house Trevor's family lives in has
6
6
6
people (including Trevor) and
3
3
3
bathrooms. In the past month, each person showered for an average of
480
480
480
minutes and used an average
72
72
72
liters of shower water (over the entire month). Water costs
.
2
.2
.2
dollars per liter. How much money did Trevor's family spend, in total, on shower water in the past month?
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A scientist was in a submarine below sea level, studying ocean life. Over the next ten minutes, she descended
22
22
22
feet. How many feet had she been below sea level, if she was
52
52
52
.
3
3
3
feet below sea level after she descended?
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Answer:
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\square
□
feet
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