Add Subtract Decimals 2-Step Word Problems

Mrs. Neilson bought a watermelon from C&C Farms.  It weighed 10.25 pounds. If she cut it into 5 pieces, how many pounds did each piece weigh?

• .25

• .05

• .15

• .5

June has 1.32 pounds of candy. She wants to share it equally with herself and 3 friends. how much candy will each person receive? 

• 0.33

• 0.44

• 3.96

• 5.28

Haley and her 4 friends decide to go out to dinner at AppleBee's. The bill for their table came to $85.30. If they want to split the bill evenly between them, how much will each person pay?

• $17.06

• $16.33

• $20.16

• $18.46

Cathy bought 2 notebooks that were $2.25 each, and a box of markers that was $3.68. What is the total cost of her notebooks and markers?

• $5.93      

• $8.18      

• $9.61

Kelli bought 2 notebooks for $3.15 each and a backpack for $12.40. How much money did she spend?

• $15.55

• $17.55

• $18.70

• $19.70

MaKayla had $3.00 to spend at the school store. The prices are shown in the table below. She bought 2 spiral notebooks, 3 pens, and an eraser. How much money did MaKayla have left after she bought these items?

• $0.15

• $0.35

• $1.72

• $2.85

Xavier spent $15.68 on a shirt, $29.67 on shoes, and $14.95 on pants. How much did he spend?

Farmer Joe uses 9.5 bags of fertilizer for the pumpkin field. He uses 0.7 more bags of fertilizers for the tomato field. Compared to the tomato field, he uses 1.3 less bags of fertilizers for the cabbage field. How many bags of fertilizers does he uses for the cabbage field?

How much did her fruit weigh altogether?

• 0.25 pounds

• 2.05 pounds

• 2.5 pounds

• 25.0 pounds

What is the first step when adding and subtracting decimals?

• Line up the numbers

• Line up the decimals

• Add or subtract like normal

• Add in placeholders