Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems

Miguel bought a remote control helicopter for $17.52. How much change should he receive if he paid the cashier $20.00?

• $2.48

• $37.52

Maya bought paints and brushes at the craft store for $32.78. How much should she receive back if she gave the cashier $40.00?

• $7.13

• $17.13

A bee colony produced 0.6 pounds of honey, but bears ate 0.3 pounds of it. How much honey remains?

• .3

• .03

• 1.03

• 10.3

Paul has $49.75 and Steven has $14.22. How much more does Paul have than Steven?

• $40.25

• $65.24

• $38.75

• $35.53

Steven gives $5.29 to Margaret. If Steven started with $87.91, how much money does he have left?

• $82.57

• $82.62

• $83.57

• $62.82

Garrett checked one of his funds online. He saw that it had gone up by $427.37. The fund now has $5,348.18. How much was in Garrett's fund before it went up?

• $4,920.81

• $4,921.81

• $5,765.45

• $5,775.55

Timmy ran in two races. He completed his first race in 15.674 seconds. He completed his second race in 14.978 seconds. How much faster did Timmy run in the second race?

• 0.696 seconds

• 0.715 seconds

• 0.696 minutes

• 0.715 minutes

What answer choice makes this sentence true?

216.12= 0.2 + 16.01 + ?

• 199.91

• 200.09

• 200.11

• 232.33

Lidia lives 1.25 miles from school and 0.82 mile from the grocery store. How much farther does Lidia live from school than from the grocery store?

• 0.33 mile

• 0.43 mile

• 2.07 miles

• 4.3 miles

Angelo bought 3.45 pounds of red apples and 1.57 pounds of green apples. How many more pounds of red apples than green apples did Angelo buy?

• 5.02 pounds

• 1.98 pounds

• 1.88 pounds

• 1.12 pounds