Decimal Word Problems Review

The distance from Eric's house to the supermarket is 4.3 miles. Eric's mom took three trips to the supermarket and back home this week.

How many miles altogether did Eric's mom travel to the supermarket?

• 28.5 miles

• 25.8 miles

• 15.5 miles

• 12.9 miles

Lucy and Laura went to the movies.

Lucy bought a movie ticket for $9.75 and a snack for $6.25.

Laura bought a movie ticket for $9.75, popcorn for $3.50, a drink for $4.00, and a candy bar for $2.75

How much money did Lucy spend at the movies?

• $16.00

• $15.75

• $24.50

• $36.00

Karina earns $8.75 an hour and works for 40 hours this week. Alex earns $8.95 an hour and works for 30 hours this week. Which statement is true?

• Karina earns more than Alex.

• Alex earns more than Karina

• They both got paid the same amount.

• Karina earns less than Alex

Perla buys 15 donuts. Each donut costs $1.65. How much does Perla spend on donuts?

• $27.75

• $26.50

• $24.75

• $25.50

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 lbs.

• 8.7 lbs.

• 9.7 lbs.

• 5.02 lbs.

Eli finds the product of 2.5 and 6.4. Jade finds the difference between 28 and 4.08. What is the sum of the two students' solutions?

• 8.08

• 15.92

• 32.92

• 39.92

Connie did a study on footsteps. She found that she took 8 steps to cover a distance of 5.84 m. What distance did she cover in 1 step?

• 0.72 m

• 0.73 m

• 7.2 m

• 7.3 m

Joy drinks 4 bottles of water per day.  Each bottle contains 16.5 fluid ounces.  How many fluid ounces of water does she drink per day? 

• 66 fluid ounces

• 68 fluid ounces

• 660 fluid ounces

• 680 fluid ounces

Sarah bought 2.5 meters of fabric to make a patchwork quilt. If the fabric was on sale for $6.20 per meter, how much did Sarah spend?

• $15.50

• $155

• $15.65

• $1.55

Helen had 4.82 m of string. She used 2.39 m of it to tie a package. How much string did she have left?

• 2.18 m

• 2.34 m

• 2.43 m

• 7.21 m