Add and Subtract Decimals Word Problems

On three different days at her job, Sara earned $27.50, $33, and $49.75.  She needs to earn $100 to buy a desk for her computer.  If she buys the desk, how much money will she have left over? 

• 209
• 9
• 102.50
• 10.25

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Jim earns $22.50, $14.75, and $8.50 on three different days.  How much did he earn in all? 

• $28.75
• $45.25
• $45.75
• 457.50

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Ms. Hvozdik ran 12.3 mile on Saturday.  Ms. Chaney ran 4.9 miles.  How much farther did Mrs. Hvozdik run than Ms. Chaney? 

• 7.4
• 17.2
• 8.6
• 8

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Students are collecting cans for a food drive.  Week one they collected 172.3 pounds of food. Week 5, they collected 238 pounds of food.  How much more did they collect in week 5? 

• 410.3
• 65.7
• 66.3
• 146.3

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Abby buys a game for $7.89 and batteries for $5.49.  She pays with a twenty dollar bill, how much change will she receive? 

• 7.72
• 33.38
• 13.38
• 6.62

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Caleb swam a race in 21.49 seconds.  Brad swam in 21.59 seconds.  Vick swam in 20.3 seconds.  How long did the boys take to complete the race together? 

• 633.8
• 63.11
• 22.78
• 63.38

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

The Bell family traveled and drove 10.9 hours; then 8.6 hours; then 12.4 hours. What is the sum?

• 31.9 hours
• 30 hours
• 31 miles
• 31.8 hours

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Nathan and his uncle paid $9.50 for tickets to a bike race. They bought one adult's ticket and one child's ticket. The adult's ticket cost $5.75. What was the cost of Nathan's ticket?

• $3.85
• $2.95
• $3.75
• $3.50

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Ashton planted sunflower seeds in her flower bed. The tallest sunflower grew to 2.65 meters tall. The shortest sunflower was 0.34 meters less, than the tallest sunflower. What is the height of the shortest sunflower? 

• 2.31 meters
• 231
• 2.31
• 2

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.A.3

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

5.16 ounces of liquid was put into one vial. 4.08 ounces was placed into a second vial. 6.17 ounces was placed into a third vial. What is the total number of ounces in the vials altogether?

• 9.24
• 15.41
• 10
• 2.07

Tags

CCSS.5.MD.C.5

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7