Estimating Costs and Operations with Decimals

A store sells 3.5 meters of fabric for $7.25 per meter. How much will it cost to buy 3.5 meters of fabric?

• $21.00

• $25.38

• $15.75

• $30.50

If a recipe requires 0.75 cups of sugar and you want to make 4 batches, how many cups of sugar do you need in total?

• 4 cups

• 1.5 cups

• 2 cups

• 3 cups

A car travels 2.5 miles per gallon of gas. If the car has 10 gallons of gas, how many miles can it travel?

• 25 miles

• 30 miles

• 50 miles

• 15 miles

You have $45.60 and want to buy notebooks that cost $3.80 each. How many notebooks can you buy?

• 10

• 15

• 8

• 12

A baker makes 2.5 dozen cookies. If each cookie is sold for $0.50, how much money will the baker make if all cookies are sold?

• $20.00

• $10.00

• $12.50

• $15.00

A gardener plants 1.2 acres of flowers. If each acre has 3.5 rows of flowers, how many rows are there in total?

• 3.5

• 2.4

• 5.0

• 4.2

A bottle holds 1.5 liters of juice. If you have 4 bottles, how many liters of juice do you have altogether?

• 4 liters

• 10 liters

• 8 liters

• 6 liters

If a book costs $12.99 and you have $50, how many books can you buy and how much money will you have left?

• 3 books, $11.03 left

• 4 books, $6.04 left

• 2 books, $24.02 left

• 5 books, $0.99 left

A recipe calls for 0.25 liters of oil. If you want to make 6 times the recipe, how many liters of oil do you need?

• 0.5 liters

• 3 liters

• 2 liters

• 1.5 liters

You have 5.5 pounds of apples and want to divide them into bags that each hold 0.75 pounds. How many bags can you fill?

• 5

• 7

• 6

• 8