Mixed Operation Decimal Word Problems

Adam bought 4.8 lbs of cherry and lime jelly beans for his birthday party. If 2.3 lbs were cherry flavor, how many pounds were lime flavor?

• 2.3 lbs

• 2.5 lbs

• 4.8 lbs

• None of the above

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A botanist was measuring how tall her plant grew. After two weeks, it had grown 15.46 inches. The second week alone, it had grown 5.56 inches! How much did it grow the first week?

(a)  

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Tiffany was checking the weight of a gold nugget and a piece of fool’s gold. Together they weighed 92.5 grams. If the fool’s gold was 23.80 grams, how much did the gold nugget weigh?

• 68.7 grams

• 69.5 grams

• 68.5 grams

• 70 grams

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A weatherman was measuring the amount of rain two cities received over a week. City A received 9.46 inches while City B received 6.6 inches. How much rain did they get total?

• 16.06 inches

• 15.06 inches

• 16.16 inches

• 14.06 inches

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Jerry was checking how much power his lights used. His first light by itself used 57.19 amps. When he turned on the second light, together they used 147.59 amps. How many amps did just the second light use?

(a)  

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Mike was training for a marathon. On his first day he ran 3.71 kilometers. On the second day he ran 1.4 kilometers. How far did he run altogether?

• 3.11 kilometers

• 5.11 kilometers

• 4.71 kilometers

• 5.11 kilometers

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Paul was weighing the amount of candy he received for Halloween. If he received 5.49 kg and his brother received 9.7 kg, how much candy did they get all together?

• 15.19 kg

• 10.49 kg

• 14.19 kg

• 15.09 kg

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

A box of pencils weighed 2.81 grams. If a principal ordered 3 boxes, how much would they weigh?

• 5.67 grams
• 10.26 grams
• 7.93 grams
• 8.43 grams

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

A baby frog weighed 2.3 grams. After a month it was 3.71 times as heavy, how much did the frog weigh after a month?

(a)  

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Faye can type 4.37 sentences per minute. If she typed for 3 minutes, how much would she have typed?

• 10.48 sentences
• 15.25 sentences
• 2.75 sentences
• 13.11 sentences

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3