Decimal Word Problems

Riley has started a babysitting business. She charges $3.85 per hour. If she works 8 hours a week, how many dollars does she earn for the week?

• $30.80
• $3.08
• $308.80
• $40.80

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Ms. Canipe buys about 14.4 gallons of gas every week. How many gallons of gas does she buy in a 6 weeks?

• 8.64 gallons
• 864.4 gallons
• 864 gallons
• 86.4 gallons

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

About 57 people rent skates at Stardust Skate Center each day. It costs $2.59 to rent skates. How much does the rink make in skate rentals in one day? 

• $259.00
• $1,476.30
• $147.63
• $2590.00

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Emily bought the following amounts of fruit at a fruit stand:
0.75 pounds of grapes
0.5 pounds of bananas
1.25 pounds of apples

How much did her fruit weigh altogether?

• 0.25 pounds
• 2.05 pounds
• 2.50 pounds
• 25.0 pounds

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Jasir had $21.50 to spend at the store. He spent $0.55 on gum, $3.85 on pencils, and $9.84 on a book. How much money did Jasir have left after buying the gum, pencils, and book?

• $7.16
• $7.26
• $8.26
• $8.36

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

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 lbs.

• 8.7 lbs.

• 9.7 lbs.

• 5.02 lbs.

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

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 grow over the two years?

• 12.3 cm

• 3.8 years

• 12.32 cm

• 12.32 years

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

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

• 60.89 ounces

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

John ate some snacks with a total of 80.79 calories. If the chips he ate were 43.39 calories, how many calories were in the rest of his snack?

• 124.08 calories

• 124.08 chips

• 37.4 chips

• 37.4 calories

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Every week Joshua runs 2.1 miles on Monday, 3.1 miles on Wednesday, 4.05 miles on Thursday, and 2.65 miles on Friday. How many total miles will he run in a week?

• 11.2

• 11.9

• 19.1

• 12.6

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7