Deck 14: Division of Decimal Fractions

Question 1

After dividing decimal fractions, if the number does not come out evenly the answer should be rounded off.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A technician is troubleshooting a problem in an electrical circuit. Eight identical air conditioners are running on one circuit. With all of them running, 14.68 amperes of current flow through the circuit. How much current is running through each unit in amperes?

Answer 2

1.835 amperes

Question 3

A technician is paid $98.25 for a job. The job takes 7.5 hours. What is the technician's hourly rate?

Answer 3

$13.10

Question 4

Divide the following decimal fractions and round to three decimal places: 13.125 ÷ 0.122 =

Question 5

Divide the following decimal fractions and round to two decimal places: 56" ÷ 0.23 =

Question 6

Divide the following decimal fractions: 0.205 ÷ 50.0 =

Question 7

Divide the following decimal fractions: 5.3 ÷ 0.25 =

Question 8

Air-conditioning units come in sizes of whole and half tons. A 1-ton air-conditioning unit will cool a typical 1,100 sq ft house in the southern part of the United States. What size unit would be needed to cool a 3,125 sq ft house in the southern part of the United States? (Round up to the next higher whole or half ton.)

Question 9

When dividing decimal fractions, the decimal point of the dividend is moved the same number of places as the divisor to the right.

Question 10

A 100-foot coil of 3/8-inch diameter copper tubing weighs 20.4 pounds. What is the weight of 1 foot of the tubing?