5th Grade Decimal Word Problems: Add, Subtract, and Multiply

Lily bought 3.5 meters of ribbon for a project. She used 1.2 meters for one project and 0.8 meters for another. How much ribbon does she have left?

• 1.5 meters

• 0.5 meters

• 2.0 meters

• 1.0 meters

A baker made 4.5 kilograms of dough. He used 2.3 kilograms to make bread and 1.1 kilograms for pastries. How much dough is remaining?

• 1.1 kilograms

• 0.5 kilograms

• 3.4 kilograms

• 2.1 kilograms

Tom has 5.6 liters of juice. He poured 1.4 liters into a pitcher and then used 2.2 liters for a party. How much juice does he have left?

• 2.0 liters

• 4.0 liters

• 1.6 liters

• 3.4 liters

A farmer harvested 12.5 acres of corn. He sold 3.7 acres and then planted 2.5 more acres. How many acres of corn does he have now?

• 11.3 acres

• 9.8 acres

• 10.5 acres

• 12.0 acres

Sarah bought 2.75 kilograms of apples. She used 1.5 kilograms to make a pie and gave away 0.5 kilograms. How many kilograms of apples does she have left?

• 1.5 kg

• 1.0 kg

• 2.0 kg

• 0.75 kg

A toy store sold 15.6 toys in the morning and 8.4 toys in the afternoon. If they had 30 toys at the start of the day, how many toys do they have left?

• 5

• 6

• 12

• 10

A car travels 12.3 miles on 1 gallon of gas. If it uses 3 gallons, how many miles does it travel?

• 30.0 miles

• 36.9 miles

• 45.3 miles

• 24.6 miles

A bookstore sold 7.5 copies of a book for $12.99 each. How much money did they make from those sales?

• $85.50

• $100.00

• 97.43

• $75.25

Emma has $45.75. She buys 3 notebooks for $2.50 each and a pen for $1.25. How much money does she have left?

• $35.50

• $40.00

• $37.00

• $30.25

A gardener planted 2.4 meters of flowers in one row and 3.6 meters in another. If he has 10 meters of flowers in total, how much is left to plant?

• 4 meters

• 2 meters

• 3 meters

• 5 meters