Quiz about Word Problems with Decimals

Question 1

Helen had 4.82 m of string. She used 2.39 m of it to tie a package. How much string did she have left?

Accepted Answer

2.43 m

Answer

2.18 m

Answer

2.34 m

Answer

7.21 m

Question 2

At a childcare centre, the children cut straws into 4.5 cm strips to make a necklace. Kyra used 9 such pieces. How long was the necklace she made?

Accepted Answer

40.5 cm

Answer

4.5 cm

Answer

4.005 cm

Answer

0.405 cm

Question 3

In a charity run, each team of 4 runners has to complete a total distance of 3.4 km. What distance does each runner have to run so that every member runs the same distance?

Accepted Answer

0.85 km

Answer

0.87 km

Answer

8.75 km

Answer

87.5 km

Question 4

An artist is painting a mural on the wall of the community centre. He mixes 3.67 litres of blue paint with 1.86 litres of red paint to get violet paint. How many litres of violet paint does he get?

Accepted Answer

5.53 litres

Answer

1.08 litres

Answer

1.81 litres

Answer

5.23 litres

Question 5

At a rock climbing facility, the height of the adults' wall is 15.39 m and the height of the children's wall is 9.52 m. How much taller is the adults' wall than the children's wall?

Accepted Answer

5.87 m

Answer

5.78 m

Answer

5.8 m

Answer

24.91 m

Question 6

Two years ago, Rena was 1.53 m tall. Now she is 0.24 m taller. How tall is she now?

Accepted Answer

1.77 m

Answer

1.52 m

Answer

1.64 m

Answer

1.87 m

Question 7

Connie did a study on footsteps. She found that she took 8 steps to cover a distance of 5.84 m. What distance did she cover in 1 step?

Accepted Answer

0.73 m

Answer

0.72 m

Answer

7.2 m

Answer

7.3 m

Question 8

During a recent illness, Benny had to take medicine in the form of a syrup. Each day for the whole week, he took 15.5 ml of medicine. How much medicine did he take during that week?

Accepted Answer

108.5 ml

Answer

1.08 ml

Answer

10.85 ml

Answer

1085 ml

Question 9

Olivia and Tom bought packets of chocolates. Olivia bought 1 packet and Tom bought 3 packets. Each packet cost $4.85. How much more did Tom spend than Olivia?

Accepted Answer

$9.70

Answer

$0.97

Answer

$4.85

Answer

$14.55

Question 10

A fast food restaurant pays its workers $4.70 per hour. A shop pays its workers $9.20 per hour. How much more per hour does the shop pay compared to the fast food restaurant?

Accepted Answer

$4.50

Answer

$3.50

Answer

$5.00

Answer

$13.90

Question 11

Liana bought 3.2 m of pink cloth and 1.85 m of floral cloth to make a dress. After completing the dress, she had 0.48 m of cloth left. How much cloth did she use to make the dress?

Accepted Answer

4.57 m

Answer

4.67 m

Answer

5.05 m

Answer

5.53 m

Question 12

Effendi bought 2 soccer balls for $38.55 each. He paid for them using a $100 note. How much change did he get?

Accepted Answer

$22.90

Answer

$20.90

Answer

$21.90

Answer

$23.90

Question 13

There was 152.5 g of ice cream left in a tub in the fridge. Bob bought a new 500 g tub of ice cream and shared all the ice cream with 4 of his friends. How much ice cream did each of them have?

Accepted Answer

130.5 g

Answer

52.5 g

Answer

131.5 g

Answer

132.5 g

Question 14

A tin of chocolate powder weighed 4.57 kg. A volunteer had 9 such tins to load onto a truck for delivery to an orphanage. He completed the loading in 3 rounds. How much weight did he carry in each round?

Accepted Answer

13.71 kg

Answer

15.75 kg

Answer

20.56 kg

Answer

41.13 kg

Question 15

7 kg of potatoes cost $16.10. Mrs Lim only wants half a kilogram of potatoes. How much does half a kilogram cost?

Accepted Answer

$1.15

Answer

$1.10

Answer

$2.30

Answer

$8.05

Question 16

In a pizza-making class of 8 students, the teacher prepared 1.15 kg of dough for each student. If 3 students were absent, how much dough did the students use during the class?

Accepted Answer

5.75 kg

Answer

3.45 kg

Answer

9.2 kg

Answer

12.65 kg

Question 17

A shirt cost $48.50 and a belt cost $22.95. Ravi bought

3 such shirts and a belt. How much did he spend altogether?

Accepted Answer

$168.45

Answer

$71.45

Answer

$117.35

Answer

$145.50

Question 18

The total mass of a bucket and a bag of sand was 5.2 kg. When some stones were added to the bucket, the total mass became 13.8 kg. The mass of the stones was twice the mass of the bag of sand. What was the mass of the bag of sand?

Accepted Answer

4.3 kg

Answer

1.7 kg

Answer

8.6 kg

Answer

19.0 kg

Question 19

Tin A contained 3.5 litres of red paint. Tin B contained 4.25 litres of yellow paint. Amelia emptied both tins into a container and mixed the paint. She then used 2.4 litres of the paint mixture. How much paint did Amelia have left?

Accepted Answer

5.35 litres

Answer

1.1 litres

Answer

1.85 litres

Answer

7.75 litres

Question 20

Jerry saved $3.40 a week for 8 weeks. He needed to save an additional $24.90 to buy a book. How much did the book cost?

Accepted Answer

$52.10

Answer

$52.20

Answer

$23.30

Answer

$51.30

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