Problem Solving with Decimals

Lisa had a board that was 18.93 inches long. She cut 2.09 inches off of the end. How long is the remainder of the board?

• 2.19 inches
• 21.02 inches
• 1.684 inches
• 16.84 inches

Jacob bought 5 bottles of orange juice at a market. Each bottle cost $2.43. How much did the orange juice cost all together?

• $7.43
• $10.05
• $12.15
• $20.05

Emily bought the following amounts of fruit at a fruit stand:
0.75 pounds of grapes
0.5 pounds of bananas
1.25 pounds of apples

How much did her fruit weigh altogether?

• 0.25 pounds
• 2.05 pounds
• 2.50 pounds
• 25.0 pounds

Katie lives 1.34 miles from school. She biked 0.75 miles, but then her bike tire went flat, so she had to walk the rest of the way. How far did Katie walk? 

• 1.005 miles 
• 2.09 miles 
• 0.59 miles 
• 1.79 miles 

A store is shipping 26 birdhouses to a park. Each birdhouse weighs 3.93 pounds. What is the total weight of the shipment?

• 28.93 pounds
• 31.44 pounds
  
• 102.18 pounds
• 102.48 pounds

Haley and her 4 friends decide to go out to dinner at Applebee's. The bill for their table came to $65.30. If they want to split the bill evenly between them, how much will each person pay?

• $18.10
• $16.33
• $20.13
• $13.06

A candy store owner has 8.32 pounds of jelly beans.  If she puts the jelly beans into 8 jars, how much candy will go in each jar?

• 1.4
• 1.04
• 1.40
• 66.56

Luis wants to earn $50 to buy his mom a gift. He earned $12.75 mowing lawns, $9.50 cleaning cars, and $11.80 walking dogs. How much more money does Luis have to reach his goal? 

• $84.05
• $34.05
• $15.95
• $15.99

Miranda and her sister had $25.84 each. They combined their money and spent it all on 5 books. How much was the cost of each item?

• $11.38

• $10.336

• $10.33

• $10.34

Mrs. Rodriguez worked 5 days last week. She worked 3.5 hours before lunch and 4 hours after lunch. Mrs. Rodriguez earned $18.75 per hour. How much money did she make for the entire week's work? Show your work in the space provided below. 

• $93.75
• $75.00
• $65.63
• $703.13