Decimal Word Problems

For this type of problem we have to make sure we line our decimals up.

• Addition/Subtraction

• Division

• Multiplication

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Mrs. Rozzio is making several trays of her famous lasagna. She finds the mozzarella cheese on sale for $4.89 per pound at her local grocery store. How much will she pay for four pounds of cheese?

• $8.89

• $9.33

• $16.26

• $19.56

Answer explanation

Make sure we look for key words. She paid $4.89 PER pound. So to find our answer we need to multiply.

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A sixth-grade class earned snow cones for reading the most number of books. Each snow cone cost $1.47. If the total cost for the snow cones was $32.34, how many fourth graders are in the class?

• 20

• 21

• 22

• 23

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

For this type of problem we have to get a whole number divisor before setting up our problem.

• Addition/Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Margaret bought a scarf for $7.55. If she paid for the scarf with a $20.00 bill, how much change will she receive?

• $12.45

• $12.55

• $13.45

• $13.55

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

For this type of problem we ignore the decimals when setting up our problem.

• Addition/Subtraction

• Division

• Multiplication

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Mrs. Brown ordered 3 sets of uniforms. Each set had 2 dozen uniforms. Mrs. Brown spent $1,095.84 for all of the uniforms. If all of the uniforms were the same price, how much did each uniform cost?

• $365.28

• $16.45

• $182.64

• $15.22

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3