Subtracting Decimal Word Problems

Wage ran 8.2 kilometers on Monday and 12.43 kilometers on Wednesday. How many more kilometers did she run on Wednesday than Monday?

• 4.23 kilometers

• 3.63 kilometers

• 20.63 kilometers

• 70.23 kilometers

Spidey bought a total of 30 pounds of fruit to make a fruit salad. He bough 3.26 pounds of bananas, 12.7 pounds of oranges, 8.632 pounds of grapes, and the rest were apples. How many lbs of apples did Spidey buy?

• 5.408 pounds

• 24.592 pounds

• 17.3 pounds

• 6.518 pounds

Charmander baked a 32 ounce cake for Squirtle's birthday. Squirtle chomped down 8.4 ounces of cake. How many ounces of cake are left?

• 24.4 ounces

• 268.8 ounces

• 23.6 ounces

• 24.6 ounces

If a store had 150.75 pounds of apples and sold 87.25 pounds, how many pounds of apples are left?

• 63.5

• 25.5

• 112.75

• 37.25

Solve the following multi-step decimal subtraction problem: 12.5 - 3.75 = ?

• 6.25

• 10.5

• 9.25

• 8.75

What is the result of subtracting 8.6 from 15.2?

• 3.8

• 10.4

• 6.6

• 7.2

If a book originally cost $18.50 and is now on sale for $12.75, what is the difference in price?

• $5.75

• $6.25

• $4.50

• $7.80

A car traveled 45.6 miles on Monday and 32.8 miles on Tuesday. How much farther did it travel on Monday?

• 20.4 miles

• 10.2 miles

• 12.8 miles

• 78.4 miles

What is the difference between 25.6 and 13.75?

• 12.85

• 10.75

• 11.85

• 15.6

A swimming pool initially had 350.8 gallons of water. After a leak, it now has 287.6 gallons. How much water was lost?

• 125.3 gallons

• 63.2 gallons

• 42.5 gallons

• 18.7 gallons