Decimal Task Card Word Problems

Juanita spent $24.50 on each of her 6 grandchildren at the fair. How much money did Juanita spend?

Nita bought some games for her grandchildren for $42.50 each. If she spent a total of $340, how many games did Nita buy?

Helen spent an equal amount of money on each of her 7 grandchildren at the fair. If she spent a total of $227.50, how much did each grandchild get?

Jayden has $20.56. He buys an apple for 79 cents and a granola bar for $1.76.

How much money did Jayden spend?

Jayden has $20.56. He buys an apple for 79 cents and a granola bar for $1.76.

How much money does Jayden have now?

Seth wants to buy a new skateboard that costs $167. He has $88 in the bank. If he earns $7.25 an hour pulling weeds, how many hours will Seth have to work to earn the rest of the money needed to buy the skateboard?

Maddy buys 5 notebooks and 3 pens. The price of each item is listed below.

notebook: $2.85 each

pen: $1.79 each

Maddy pays for the notebooks and pens with a $20.00 bill. How much change will Maddy receive?

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?

The Morningside Soccer Team has uniforms on sale for $21.99. There are 22 soccer players on Louis’s team, including Louis. Every player on the team buys a uniform. How much did they pay in all?

Mr. Kim found batteries on sale for $6.89 per pack. He bought a dozen packages for the set of graphing calculators in his classroom. How much did he spend on the batteries?