Solving Word Problems with Decimals

During a recent illness, Benny had to take medicine in the form of a syrup. Each day for the whole week, he took 15.5 ml of medicine. How much medicine did he take during that week?

• 1.08 ml

• 10.85 ml

• 108.5 ml

• 1085 ml

A fast food restaurant pays its workers $4.70 per hour. A shop pays its workers $9.20 per hour. How much more per hour does the shop pay compared to the fast food restaurant?

• $3.50

• $4.50

• $5.00

• $13.90

Liana bought 3.2 m of pink cloth and 1.85 m of floral cloth to make a dress.  After completing the dress, she had 0.48 m of cloth left. How much cloth did she use to make the dress?

• 4.57 m

• 4.67 m

• 5.05 m

• 5.53 m

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

There was 152.5 g of ice cream left in a tub in the fridge. Bob bought a new 500 g tub of ice cream and shared all the ice cream with 4 of his friends. How much ice cream did each of them have?

• 52.5 g

• 130.5 g

• 131.5 g

• 132.5 g

A tin of chocolate powder weighed 4.57 kg. A volunteer had 9 such tins to load onto a truck for delivery to an orphanage. He completed the loading in 3 rounds. How much weight did he carry in each round?

• 13.71 kg

• 15.75 kg

• 20.56 kg

• 41.13 kg

7 kg of potatoes cost $16.10. Mrs Lim only wants half a kilogram of potatoes. How much does half a kilogram   cost?

• $1.10

• $1.15

• $2.30

• $8.05

In a pizza-making class of 8 students, the teacher   prepared 1.15 kg of dough for each student. If 3 students were absent, how much dough did the students use   during the class?

• 3.45 kg

• 5.75 kg

• 9.2 kg

• 12.65 kg

A shirt cost $48.50 and a belt cost $22.95. Ravi bought

         3 such shirts and a belt. How much did he spend altogether?

• $71.45

• $117.35

• $145.50

• $168.45

The total mass of a bucket and a bag of sand was 5.2 kg.   When some stones were added to the bucket, the total mass became 13.8 kg. The mass of the stones was twice   the mass of the bag of sand. What was the mass of the   bag of sand?

• 1.7 kg

• 4.3 kg

• 8.6 kg

• 19.0 kg