Addition and Subtraction of Decimals Word Problems

Jerry bought 6.95 lbs of cherry and lime jelly beans for his birthday party. If 1.75 lbs were cherry flavor, how many pounds were lime flavor?

• 5.2
• 8.7
• 9.7
• 5.02

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Paige was measuring how much taller she got over two years. In the first year she grew 4.62 cm. In the second year she grew 7.7 cm. How much taller did she get altogether?

• 12.3 cm
• 3.8 years
• 12.32 cm
• 12.32 years

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Vanessa downloaded two apps which were 17.73 kb total. If one app was 8.63 kb, how big was the other app?

• 26.36 kb
• 9.1 kb
• 9.3 kb

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Nancy was buying food for her birthday party. She bought a 52.93 oz bag of barbeque chips and a 79.6 oz bag of regular chips. How many ounces did she buy all together?

• 132.53 ounces
• -33.33 ounces
• 26.77 bags

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Tom was weighing the amount of candy he received for Halloween. If he received 8.30 kg and his brother received 1.8 kg, how much candy did they get all together?

• 10.1 pounds
• 6.5 pounds
• 10.1 kg
• 6.5 kg

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

John ate a snack with 80.79 total calories. If the chips he ate were 43.39 calories, how many calories were in the rest of his snack?

• 124.08 calories
• 124.08 chips
• 37.4 chips
• 37.4 calories

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A computer programmer had two files with a total size of 93 gigabytes. If one of the files was 50.30 gigabytes, how big is the second file?

• 143.3 Gb
• 42.7 files
• 42.7 Gb
• Really big

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A weatherman was measuring the amount of rain two cities received over a week. City A received 3.74 inches while City B received 9.8 inches. How much rain did they get total?

• 13.54 inches
• 6.06 inches
• 7 days
• 13.54 rains

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

During a science experiment, Mary found the mass of two rocks to be 41.4 grams and 74.3 grams. What is the total mass of these two rocks?

• 115.7 rocks
• 32.9 rocks
• 115.7 grams
• 32.9 grams

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Ned and Sarah were running a relay race. The race was 22.01 kilometers total. If Ned ran 9.41 kilometers how far did Sarah run?

• 12.6 km
• 31.42 km
• 12.6 runs
• 31.42 Sarahs

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3