Multiplication and Decimals Word Problems

Fourteen boxes of candles were sold for $91.00. What is the cost of 1 box?

• $1.30

• $6.50

• $13.00

• $0.65

Davis earned $36.12 for making 7 touchdowns at his football game.  How much does he make per touchdown? 

• $5.17

• $5.12

• $5.14

• $5.16

Billy bought 3.5 pieces of wood to build a bird feeder. Each piece of wood cost $1.50. How much did Billy spend on wood for his bird feeder?

WHICH OPERATION WOULD YOU USE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?

• Division

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Addition

Hummingbirds flap their wings extremely fast. Their wings can flap about 13.35 times per second. How many times would a hummingbird flap its wings in 11.15 seconds?

WHICH OPERATION WOULD YOU USE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Subtraction

• Addition

Olivia and Tom bought packets of chocolates. Olivia bought 1 packet and Tom bought 3 packets. Each packet cost $4.85. How much more did Tom spend than Olivia?

• $0.97

• $4.85

• $9.70

• $14.55

A park is 1.1 miles long and 3.2 miles wide. What is the area of the park? DO NOT INCLUDE THE LABEL.

Hint: Area = Length x Width

Hill Song Elementary is .40 the size of Hill Lake Elementary. If Hill Lake has 235 students, how many students are at Hill Song? DO NOT INCLUDE THE LABEL.

How many decimal places will you be moving in your final answer?

• 2

• 5

• 3

• 1

Answer explanation

14.37 <--- 2 decimal places

x 3.5 <--- 1 decimal place

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50.295 <--- 3 decimal places

Effendi bought 2 soccer balls for $38.55 each. He paid for them using a $100 note. How much change did he get?

• $20.90

• $21.90

• $22.90

• $23.90

Two factors are multiplied, and their product is 8964.36. One factor is a whole number. How many decimals places are in the other factor? Tell how you know.

The other factor has ​ (a)   decimal place(s) because the number of decimal places in the product is the ​ (b)   the number of decimals places in the factors.

• 2

• sum of

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

• difference of

• quotient of

• product of