Decimal Word Problems Review

Cheyenne drives 7.6 miles round trip to work every day. How many total miles does she drive to and from work in 9 days?

For this question, determine which operation you would use to solve: Whenever Diamuney's dad has any scrap wood, he lets Diamuney use it for craft projects. Yesterday, Diamuney's dad gave him a 32.8-inch strip of scrap wood. Diamuney wants to use it to make a square picture frame. He splits the strip of scrap wood into 4 equal pieces. How long is each piece?

• multiplication

• division

Anette used 136.92 inches of lace equally on 12 dresses. How much lace did she use on each dress?

• 11.04 inches

• 11.31 inches

• 11.41 inches

• 12.57 inches

Leslie purchased 4.5 pounds of grass seed. The grass seed cost $1.22 per pound. How much did Leslie spend on grass seed?

• $5.40

• $5.49

• $4.90

• $4.88

Amanda gets paid $4.75 an hour for mowing the lawn. She worked for 13 hours last week. How much did Amanda get paid? 

• $61.75

• $60.75

• $61.00

• $61.25

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

Andy went to the store and bought 3 bags of chips for $3.25 each and 2 cases of soda for $2.20 each. How much did he spend in total? 

• $1.41

• $14.15

• $141.50

• $15.14

Jenna ran 3.2 miles. Carter ran 1.44 miles. How much farther did Jenna run? 

• 56 miles 

• 24 miles 

• 84 miles 

• 76 miles 

Katie lives 1.34 miles from school. She biked .75 miles, but then her bike tire went flat, so she had to walk the rest of the way. How far did Katie walk? 

• .005 miles 

• 09 miles 

• .59 miles 

• 1.79 miles 

Ms. Canipe buys about 14.4 gallons of gas every week. How many gallons of gas does she buy in a 6 weeks?

• 8.64 gallons

• 864.4 gallons

• 864 gallons

• 86.4 gallons