Skills Practice - 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

A group of four friends are going to see a movie. If one ticket costs $8.50, how much does it cost for everyone? 

• $34.50
• $44.00
• $34.00
• $44.50

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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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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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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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Mrs. Baltazar's car used 2.2 gallons of gasoline this week. She drove a total of 37.9 miles. If the car got the same gas mileage for the entire trip, how many miles did the car travel for each gallon of gasoline?

• 12.68 miles
• 17.23 miles
• 19.0 miles
• 40.1 miles

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Jacob bought 5 bottles of orange juice at a market. Each bottle cost $2.43. How much did the orange juice cost all together?

• $7.43
• $10.05
• $12.15
• $20.05

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Daniel had $6.78. His grandmother gave him $3.14. How much money does Daniel have now?

• $9.92
• $9.82
• $3.64
• $9.90

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