Add, Subtract, Multiply Decimals Word Problems

If you multiply 3.46 by 2.4, how many digits will be behind the decimal in your answer?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

5.257 - 2.393

• 2.864

• 2.865

• 2.468

• 2.684

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

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

Yesterday I went to 7-11 and purchased 4 candy bars that were $1.25 each and 6 packs of gum that were $2.75 each. How much did I have to pay the cashier, before tax?

• $7.50

• $21.50

• $5.00

• $16.50

Answer explanation

1) Find the cost of the candy bars. (x)

2) Find the cost of the gum. (x)

3) Add the two costs.

Mrs. Bentley took her two nieces to the zoo this past weekend. They bought two child tickets that cost $5.99 each, an adult ticket that cost $12.99, three lunches that cost $7.49 each and 3 waters that cost $4 each. If Mrs. Bentley brought a $100 bill, how much change did she receive?

• 40.56

• 59.44

• 41.44

• 100.00

Mrs. Bentley is buying cookies for the 5th grade graduation. Each cookie costs $1.12 and there are 76 fifth graders. The total of all the cookies was split among the 4 teachers. How much did each teacher pay for the cookies?

• 0.05

• 340.48

• 85.12

• 21.28

Kenzie weighed the candy her and her brother got from Halloween. Together they got 7.62 kg of candy. If Kenzie's amount was 5.92 kg, how much was her brothers? (No labels on your answer)

Karl earned $142.37 this month running errands for his uncle’s business. If he needs to pay $38.81 for a bill, about how much does he have left to spend?

• $100.00

• $130.00

• $150.00

• $180.00

Bianca was checking the weight of a gold nugget and a piece of fool’s gold. Together they weighed 108.26 grams. If the fool’s gold was 32.96 grams, how much did the gold nugget weigh?

• 75.3

• 141.22

• 43.786

• 13.67