Decimal Word Problems

My recipe calls for 5 cups of sugar. I look in my pantry, and I only have 3.5 cups. How much sugar do I still need for my recipe?

• 8.5

• 1.5

• 2.5

• 17.5

Aaron went to the store and bought a bag of apples that cost $3.75 and a jar of peanut butter that cost $4.89. If he has $10.00, how much change should he get back?

• $8.64

• $6.25

• $5.11

• $1.36

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Sandra has a coupon that will take off $0.35 for each can of soup. If a can of soup is $1.43, and she uses her coupon, how much will she spend on a can of soup?

• $1.08

• $.73

• $1.78

• $1.00

If Jordan has 75 candy bars, and she sells them for $0.65 each, how much money can she make selling all 75 candy bars?

• $115.38

• $75.65

• $48.75

• $74.35

My sister and I made some ceramic pumpkins for the fall craft fair. If we sold the pumpkins for $15.35 each, and we sold 31 of them, how much money did we make?

• $475.85

• $46.35

• $15.65

• $315.35

Darlene's checking account had a balance of $78.15. She wrote two checks for $14.22 and $23.84. How much money does she now have in her checking account?

• $63.93

• $116.21

• $40.09

• $54.31

Tony went to the store and bought 2 composition notebooks that were $3.29 each and a calculator for $15.89. If he had $25 before he went shopping, how much money does he now have?

• $19.18

• $22.47

• $5.82

• $2.53

Greg went to the store and bought a bag of raisins for $1.29 and a bag of chips for $3.23. How much more did he spend on the chips?

• $1.94

• $4.52

• $4.16

• $2.06

The Gypsy Moth caterpillar is 3.5 cm long and the Peach Blossom Moth caterpillar is 4.2 cm long. What is the difference in their lengths?

• 7.7

• 14.7

• 0.7

• 1.3

The movers need to calculate the combined weight of 8 chairs. Five of the chairs weigh 60.74 pounds each, and three chairs weigh 41.23 pounds each. What is the total weight of all 8 chairs?

• 101.97

• 815.76

• 303.7

• 427.39