Decimal Word Problems

Jayden bought a CD for $5.25. He had $2.50 left after buying the CD. How much money did Jayden have at first? 

• $4.75

• $6.25

• $7.75

• $8.75

Joseph bought 4 kg of strawberries. 

He gave 2.2 kg of strawberries to his sister. 

How many kilograms of strawberries did Joseph have left?

• 1.2 kg

• 1.4 kg

• 1.6 kg

• 1.8 kg

It costs $8.30 to paint 1 m of a wall. 

How much will it cost to paint 4 m of the wall?

• $33.10

• $33.20

• $33.30

• $33.40

Mdm Tay packed 7.2 kg of baking flour equally into 20 packets. Find the mass of each packet of baking flour.

• 0.36 kg

• 0.45 kg

• 0.48 kg

• 1.2 kg

A container filled with water has a volume of 25 l. 

The water is divided equally into 4 buckets. How much water is there in each bucket?

• 5.25 l

• 6 l

• 6.25 l

• 6.5 l

Bernard has 10.42 kg of flour. He packs the flour equally into 4 packets. How much flour is there in each packet?

• 2.5 kg

• 2.505 kg

• 2.6 kg

• 2.605 kg

A rope 7.6 m long is cut equally into 5 pieces. Find the length of each piece of the rope.

• 1.45 m

• 1.52 m

• 2.6 m

• 1.26 m

Felicia earns $7.40 for every hour that she works. 

She works for 8 hours each day. How much does Felicia earn in 1 day?

• $44.40

• $56.70

• $58.00

• $59.20

A jar of drink is made from 10.6 cups of soda and 5.9 cups of syrup. What is the total amount of drink made?

• 15.7 cups

• 16.5 cups

• 17.5 cups

• 16.9 cups

A pail weighs 5.58 kg when it is completely filled with sand. It weighs 1.08 kg when it is empty. 

What is the mass of the sand in the pail?

• 5.18 kg

• 4.50 kg

• 6.66 kg

• 6.76 kg