Adding and Subtracting Whole and Decimal Numbers Word Problems

It rained 0.72 inches on Monday. On Tuesday, it rained 0.34 inches less than on Monday. How much did it rain on Tuesday?

• .38
• .37
• .39
• 1.08

Tucker bought 2.78 pounds of melon and 2.27 pounds of cherries. How much fruit did he buy in all?

• .51
• 5.15
• .52
• 5.05

After buying some bananas for $64.90, Larry has $3.96 left. How much money did Larry have to begin with?

• $65.24
• $65.78
• $68.86
• $63.26

Steve gives $78.88 to Gerald. If Steve started with $95.61, how much money does he have left?

• $16.73
• $18.25
• $17.36
• $15.54

Phyllis starts with $82.07 and spends$74.50 on peanuts. How much money does Phyllis have left?

• $7.57
• $9.25
• $8.75
• 157.26

After buying some oranges for $93.13,Judith has $36.23 left. How much money did Judith have to begin with?

• $131.23
• $128.69
• $130.52
• $129.36

Paige was measuring how much taller she got over two years. In the first year she grew 4.62 cm. In the second year she grew 7.7 cm. How much taller did she get altogether?

• 12.3 cm
• 3.8 years
• 12.32 cm
• 12.32 years

Ned and Sarah were running a relay race. The race was 22.01 kilometers total. If Ned ran 9.41 kilometers how far did Sarah run?

• 12.6 km
• 31.42 km
• 12.6 runs
• 31.42 Sarahs

A computer programmer had two files with a total size of 93 gigabytes. If one of the files was 50.30 gigabytes, how big is the second file?

• 143.3 Gb
• 42.7 files
• 42.7 Gb
• Really big

Jerry bought 6.95 lbs of cherry and lime jelly beans for his birthday party. If 1.75 lbs were cherry flavor, how many pounds were lime flavor?

• 5.2
• 8.7
• 9.7
• 5.02