Multiplying Decimals Word Problems

Sam earns $50.25 each week working a part time job. He works the same amount of time each day for 5 weeks. What is the total amount of money Sam earns during the 5 week period?

• $7.25

• $10.05

• $251.25

• $251.52

Reggie pays $982.27 each month to rent an apartment. How much will it cost him to rent the apartment for two years?

• $11,884.24

• $23,574.48

• $7,858.90

• $4,567.98

Jeane earned $62.95 every week for babysitting. How much did she earn in 6 weeks?

• $63.01

• $68.95

• $377.70

• $362.40

Suzanne ran 4.5 miles for the school fundraiser. She earned $2.40 per mile. How much money did she make?

• $10.80

• $1.88

• $108.00

• $6.90

A bakery sold 125.5 loaves of bread on Monday and 132.75 loaves on Tuesday. If each loaf costs $2.50, how much total revenue did the bakery earn from the loaves sold on these two days?

• $646.25

• $324.50

• $647.50

• $645.00

Answer explanation

Total revenue = (125.5 + 132.75) * $2.50 = $646.25. Therefore, the correct total revenue earned by the bakery is $646.25.

A rectangle has a length of 4.8 cm and a width of 3.2 cm. If you double both the length and the width, what is the area of the new rectangle?

Answer explanation

To find the area of the new rectangle, double both the length and width to get 9.6 cm and 6.4 cm. Then, multiply the new length and width to get 30.72 cm^2.

Choose the operation that would help you solve this problem.
Sammy bought 16 cupcakes. Each  cupcake costs $2.99. How much money did Sammy spend on the cupcakes?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Coach Ross and his baseball team is raising money to pay for new uniforms. Each uniform will cost $52.23. There are 15 players on the ball club. How much money do they need to buy the new uniforms?

• $783.45

• $364.45

• $456.78

• $356.56

Carlos bought 5 magazines at the book store for $4.79 each. How much did he pay for the magazines?

• $9.79

• $14.95

• $20.55

• $23.95

Shelia made 64 beaded necklaces. If she sells them for $12.45 each, how much money will she earn?

• $796.80

• $68.25

• $527.95

• $641.25