Decimal Word Problems

A store sells a shirt for $25.50 and a pair of jeans for $39.75. What is the total cost if a customer buys one shirt and one pair of jeans?

• $75.50

• $65.25

• $50.25

• $15.25

Sara has $50.25 and she wants to buy a book that costs $18.95. How much money will she have left after buying the book?

• $31.30

• $12.30

• $18.95

• $50.25

A recipe requires 0.75 cups of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of sugar do you need in total?

• 2.5

• 3

• 2

• 1.5

A car travels 125.6 miles in 3.5 hours. What is the average speed of the car in miles per hour?

• 35.89

• 45.2

• 28.4

• 52.1

A pizza is divided into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3 slices, what fraction of the pizza did you eat?

• 7/8

• 5/8

• 1/8

• 3/8

A box contains 12.5 pounds of apples. If each bag of apples weighs 0.75 pounds, how many bags can be filled?

• 18

• 14

• 16

• 20

A company made a profit of $325,000 last year. If the profit margin is 15%, what was the total revenue of the company?

• $1,500,000

• $250,000

• $500,000

• $2,166,666.67

A rectangular field has a length of 12.8 meters and a width of 5.6 meters. What is the area of the field in square meters?

• 78.24

• 64.4

• 71.68

• 69.12

A recipe calls for 2.5 cups of flour. If you want to make half of the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need?

• 1.25

• 3

• 2

• 0.5

A tank can hold 18.75 gallons of water. If the tank is currently filled with 12.25 gallons of water, how much more water can it hold?

• 5.75 gallons

• 7.25 gallons

• 10.5 gallons

• 6.5 gallons