Comparing Decimal Word Problems

Jim, Bob, and Jeff are running in a marathon. Jim runs 0.84 miles. Bob runs 0.48 miles. Jeff runs 0.8 miles. Who ran the farthest?

• Jim

• Bob

• Jeff

• None

Samantha and Grace are reading the same book. Samantha has read 0.6 of her book and Grace has read 0.60 of her book. Who has read the least amount of the book?

• Samantha

• Grace

• Neither

Sally and Kim were making cookies. Sally put 0.4 cups of sugar in her cookies and Kim put 0.38 cups of sugar in her cookies. Who put more sugar in her cookies?

• Sally

• Kim

• Neither

Steven, Mike, and David were running in a relay race. Steven ran 0.97 miles, Mike ran 0.9 miles and David ran 0.93 miles. Who ran the least amount of miles?

• Steven

• Mike

• David

Joseph runs each morning before school. On Monday he ran 1.34 miles. On Tuesday he ran 2.456 miles. On Wednesday he ran 2.5 miles. On Thursday he ran 0.375 miles. On Friday he ran 0.25. His goal for the week was to run 10 miles. How many more miles does Joseph need to run to meet his goal for the week?

• 6.921 miles

• 3.079 miles

• 16.921 miles

Emily filled a sack with birdseed. The sack weighed 3.575 pounds. She poured some of the birdseed from the sack into a bird feeder. The sack now weighed 1.837 pounds. How much bird seed did Emily pour into the bird feeder?

• 2.748

• 1.738

• 1.748

• 5.412

Order from least to greatest. 1.25  1.52  1.02  1.50

• 1.25  1.52  1.02  1.50
•  1.52  1.02  1.50  1.25 
•  1.02  1.50  1.25  1.52 
• 1.02  1.25  1.50  1.52

Write in order from greatest to least.
9.21, 9.0, 9.2, 9.06

• 9.0, 9.06, 9.2, 9.21
• 9.21, 9.2, 9.06, 9.0
• 9.0, 9.2, 9.06, 9.21
• 9.21, 9.06, 9.2, 9.0