Questions on Decimal Division
Multiple-choice questions on Decimal Division, designed for Grade 6 students. Each problem is based on a real-life context, includes five answer choices (A–E), and at the end, there is a section with answers and detailed explanations.
Decimal Division – Grade 6 MCQs
Questions
1. A 12.6-meter rope is cut into 6 equal pieces. How long is each piece?
A) 2.1 m
B) 2.3 m
C) 2.4 m
D) 2.6 m
E) 2.0 m
2. You paid $15.75 to buy 5 identical notebooks. What is the price of one notebook?
A) $3.25
B) $3.15
C) $3.00
D) $3.50
E) $2.75
3. A truck carries 36.4 kg of apples evenly packed in 4 boxes. How many kg per box?
A) 9.1 kg
B) 8.4 kg
C) 9.4 kg
D) 8.6 kg
E) 9.6 kg
4. A jug has 3.6 liters of juice. If it's poured equally into 6 glasses, how much in each glass?
A) 0.6 L
B) 0.4 L
C) 0.5 L
D) 0.8 L
E) 0.7 L
5. A book costs $27.30. If 3 students share the cost equally, how much does each pay?
A) $9.20
B) $9.00
C) $8.80
D) $8.70
E) $9.10
6. A road is 25.5 km long. If a car travels 5 km each hour, how long will the trip take?
A) 5.1 h
B) 5.3 h
C) 5.0 h
D) 5.5 h
E) 6.1 h
7. A factory produced 48.6 meters of cloth in 6 hours. How much per hour?
A) 8.1 m
B) 7.6 m
C) 8.6 m
D) 8.4 m
E) 7.8 m
8. A family has 18.2 liters of water to be used equally over 7 days. How much per day?
A) 2.6 L
B) 2.7 L
C) 2.5 L
D) 2.8 L
E) 2.9 L
9. You bought 7 kg of rice for $19.60. What is the cost per kg?
A) $2.80
B) $2.75
C) $2.65
D) $2.90
E) $2.70
10. A baker uses 4.2 kg of flour to make 6 cakes. How much flour per cake?
A) 0.7 kg
B) 0.6 kg
C) 0.8 kg
D) 0.5 kg
E) 0.9 kg
11. A 32.4 m cable is cut into 3 equal parts. What is the length of each?
A) 10.6 m
B) 10.8 m
C) 10.4 m
D) 10.2 m
E) 11.0 m
12. You earned $72.00 for 8 hours of babysitting. How much per hour?
A) $9.00
B) $8.50
C) $9.50
D) $10.00
E) $8.75
13. A tank holds 15.6 liters of fuel. If it empties in 4 equal trips, how much per trip?
A) 4.1 L
B) 3.9 L
C) 3.8 L
D) 3.6 L
E) 3.5 L
14. A $56.40 bill is split among 4 friends. How much does each pay?
A) $14.10
B) $13.60
C) $14.20
D) $14.30
E) $14.00
15. A car travels 63.0 km in 7 hours. What is its average speed?
A) 9.2 km/h
B) 9.5 km/h
C) 9.0 km/h
D) 8.5 km/h
E) 8.8 km/h
16. A baker has 5.4 kg of dough and wants to make 9 equal loaves. How much dough per loaf?
A) 0.6 kg
B) 0.7 kg
C) 0.5 kg
D) 0.8 kg
E) 0.9 kg
17. A farmer divides 29.4 kg of potatoes into 6 bags. How many kg per bag?
A) 4.8 kg
B) 5.0 kg
C) 4.9 kg
D) 4.7 kg
E) 5.2 kg
18. You buy 3.5 liters of juice for $4.90. What’s the cost per liter?
A) $1.45
B) $1.30
C) $1.40
D) $1.35
E) $1.50
19. A cyclist covers 27.2 km in 4 hours. What is the average distance per hour?
A) 6.6 km
B) 6.9 km
C) 6.8 km
D) 7.0 km
E) 6.5 km
20. You pay $10.50 for 7 pens. What is the price of one pen?
A) $1.50
B) $1.40
C) $1.55
D) $1.60
E) $1.45
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Answer Key with Explanations
1. A) 12.6 ÷ 6 = 2.1 m
2. A) 15.75 ÷ 5 = $3.15
3. A) 36.4 ÷ 4 = 9.1 kg
4. A) 3.6 ÷ 6 = 0.6 L
5. A) 27.30 ÷ 3 = $9.10
6. D) 25.5 ÷ 5 = 5.1 h
7. A) 48.6 ÷ 6 = 8.1 m/hour
8. C) 18.2 ÷ 7 ≈ 2.6 L/day
9. A) 19.60 ÷ 7 = $2.80/kg
10. A) 4.2 ÷ 6 = 0.7 kg
11. B) 32.4 ÷ 3 = 10.8 m
12. A) 72 ÷ 8 = $9.00/hour
13. D) 15.6 ÷ 4 = 3.9 L/trip
14. A) 56.40 ÷ 4 = $14.10
15. C) 63.0 ÷ 7 = 9.0 km/h
16. A) 5.4 ÷ 9 = 0.6 kg
17. C) 29.4 ÷ 6 = 4.9 kg
18. C) 4.90 ÷ 3.5 = $1.40
19. C) 27.2 ÷ 4 = 6.8 km/h
20. A) 10.50 ÷ 7 = $1.50
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