Estimating Decimals Word Problems

Dorian paid $15.95 and $6.50 for two books. About how much money did he pay for the books?

• $23

• $22

• $25

• $30

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 store is shipping 26 birdhouses to a park. The total weight of the shipment was 102.18 pounds. How much does each birdhouse weigh?

• 8.93 pounds

• 3.9 pounds

• 4.97 pounds

• 3.93 pounds

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

• 2.5 pounds

• 25.0 pounds

Riley has started a babysitting business. She charges $3.85 per hour. If she works 8 hours a week, how many dollars does she earn for the week?

• $30.80
• $3.08
• $308.80
• $40.80

On Tuesday 57 people rent skates at Stardust Skate Center. It costs $2.59 to rent skates. How much money does the rink make in skate rentals on Tuesday?

• $259.00

• $1,476.30

• $147.63

• $2590.00

Coby played Fortnite for a total of 782 minutes in 8.5 days. How many minutes did he play per day if he plays the same amount of time each day?

• 92.15 minutes

• 92.5 minutes

• 92 minutes

• 90 minutes

Every week Joshua runs 2.1 miles on Monday, 3.1 miles on Wednesday, 4.05 miles on Thursday, and 2.65 miles on Friday. How many total miles will he run in a week?

• 11.2

• 11.9

• 19.1

• 12.6

Stephen ran a 100 meter race in 35.6 seconds. Nathan ran the same race in 36.72 seconds. How much faster was Stephen than Nathan?

• 12.2 seconds

• 1.22 seconds

• 2.12 seconds

• 1.12 seconds

Ms. Chaney had $565.26 in her bank account. She spent $78.95 at TJ Maxx. Estimate how much money Ms. Chaney has left in her bank account.

• 486.31

• $500

• $490

• $480