Adding and Subtracting Decimal Story Problems

Chicago was predicted to receive 1.254'' of rain. Chicago actually received .875'' of rain. How far was the prediction off of the actual amount of rain?

• 1.379''
• 2.129''
• .379''
• Can not find the solution

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Kelly has $20. She spends $2.15 on a Slurpee and $6.58 on candy. How much money does Kelly have left?

• $28.73

• $11.27

• $17.85

• $13.42

Jerry bought 6.95 lbs of cherry and lime jelly beans for his birthday party. If 1.75 lbs were cherry flavor, how many pounds were lime flavor?

• 5.2
• 8.7
• 9.7
• 5.02

Paige was measuring how much taller she got over two years. In the first year she grew 4.62 cm. In the second year she grew 7.7 cm. How much taller did she get altogether?

• 12.3 cm
• 3.8 years
• 12.32 cm
• 12.32 years

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Nancy was buying food for her birthday party. She bought a 52.93 oz bag of barbeque chips and a 79.6 oz bag of regular chips. How many ounces did she buy all together?

• 132.53 ounces
• -33.33 ounces
• 26.77 bags

What is the rule for adding decimals?

• Add first
• Line up the decimals first, then fill in with zeros.
• Move the decimal to the right the total amount of numbers after the decimal.
• Subtract

Lia and James went to the movies. The tickets are $3.00 each.  Lia bought popcorn and a slushy for $8.50 together. James bought a slushy and nachos $12.00 together. How much money did they spend total?

• 26.50
• 2.650
• 3.00
• 53.65

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

The Bell family traveled and drove 10.9 hours; then 8.6 hours; then 12.4 hours. What is the sum?

• 31.9 hours
• 30 hours
• 31 miles
• 31.8 hours

Before the rancher can sell his cattle they must weigh at least 874.25 lbs. How is this number written in expanded notation?

• (8 x 100) + (70 x 1) + (4 x 1) + (2 x 1) + (5 x 0.1)

• (800 x 100) + (70 x 10) + (4 x 1) + (25 x 0.10)

• (8 x 100) + (7 x 10) + (4 x 1) + (2 x 0.1) + (5 x 0.01)

• 800 + 70 + 4 + .02 + .05

True or false: The blocks show the decimal numbers of 6.47 + 3.26.

• False 
• True