Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Is this an addition or subtraction word problem?

Miley buys an assorted box of chocolates that contains 18.61 ounces of dark chocolate and 37.23 ounces of milk chocolate. How much do the chocolates weigh in total?

• Addition

• Subtraction

Is this an addition or subtraction word problem?

Farmer Joe has 12.4 acres of land. He uses 4.5 acres of land for growing fruits and 6.1 acres of land for growing vegetables. How much land does he have left to use?

• Addition

• Subtraction

15.3 - 7.6 =

• 8.3

• 7.3

• 8.7

• 7.7

24.8 - 13.55 =

• 11.35

• 11.25

• 9.25

• 11.3

32.7 + 6.87 =

• 38.97

• 101.4

• 10.14

• 39.57

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Ray and his friends visited an orchard on Sunday. They picked 12.34 pounds of apples and 9.56 pounds of bluberries. How much did the fruits weigh in all?

• Addition

• Subtraction

Is this an addition or subtraction word problem?

There are 19.3 cups of flour in a bag. The chef uses 2.9 cups for making cookies. Then, he uses 1.2 cups of sugar and 5.1 cups of flour for making banana bread. How many cups of flour are left?

• Addition

• Subtraction

3.9 - 0.72 =

• 3.18

• 3.22

• 2.18

• 2.22

Lily Hayes ran a distance of 3.57 miles on Saturday as a part of her morning workout. On Sunday, she ran 4.98 miles. How many miles in all did Lily run over the weekend?

• 8.65

• 7.55

• 8.55

• 7.65

Joanna bought two pumpkins to carve. One pumpkin weighed 25.8 pounds. The other pumpkin weighed 17.65 pounds. How much heavier is the large pumpkin?

• 8.25 pounds

• 8.15 pounds

• 12.25 pounds

• 12.15 pounds