Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Meghan bought 4 identical garden

spades for $ 95.92. What did

each spade cost?

To find the cost of each,

divide: $ 95.92 
4.

Write the dollar sign and

decimal point in the quotient

above the dollar sign and

decimal point in the dividend. Divide as usual. Check.

$ 9 5. $2 3.9 8 $2 3.9 8

4 
$ 9  5 .9 2 4 
$ 9  5 .9 2 $2 3.9 4

 8 $9 5.9 2

1 5

1 2

3 9

3 6

3 2

3 2

Each spade cost $ 23.98.

Study these examples.

$. 07 Check. $ .9 0 Check.

7 
$.4 9 $ .0 7 5 
$ 4 .5 0 $ .9 0

4 9  7 4 5  5

$ .4 9 0 $ 4.5 0

There are no dimes

in the quotient.

Write a zero.

Divide Money

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