Word Problems with Division of Decimals The number inside the house is the total, the thing being split, sorted, cut, shared, divided, or distributed. The number outside the house is either how many pieces or how big those pieces should be . Example: Tony has 5.8 kg of coffee. He will put them in 8 bags. How much will be in each bag? Total 5.8 kg of coffee How many? 8 bags. Tony will put 0.725 kg of coffee in each bag. Example: Randy has 5.8 kg coffee. He wants 0.25 kg bags. How many bags will he need? Total 5.8 kg How big? 0.25 kg bags. Randy will have 23 full bags and one bag with two tenths of a kilogram. He will need a total of 24 ba...