Adding and Subtracting Whole and Decimal Numbers Word Problems

Oliver bought 7 bags of candy. Each bag costs $1.50. How much money did he have to pay?

• $7.50

• $8.50

• $10.50

• $105.00

Jackie earns $8.95 per hour.  This week she worked 7.5 hours.  How much did she earn this week?

• $67.125

• $67.12

• $67.13

• $68.00

Mrs. Neilson bought a watermelon from C&C Farms.  It weighed 10.25 pounds. If she cut it into 5 pieces, how many pounds did each piece weigh?

• .25

• .05

• .15

• .5

June has 1.32 pounds of candy. She wants to share it equally with herself and 3 friends. how much candy will each person receive? 

• 0.33

• 0.44

• 3.96

• 5.28

How much did her fruit weigh altogether?

• 0.25 pounds

• 2.05 pounds

• 2.5 pounds

• 25.0 pounds

How much did her fruit weigh altogether?

• 0.25 pounds

• 2.05 pounds

• 2.5 pounds

• 25.0 pounds

Mrs. Bentley took her two nieces to the zoo this past weekend. They bought two child tickets that cost $5.99 each, an adult ticket that cost $12.99, three lunches that cost $7.49 each and 3 waters that cost $4 each. If Mrs. Bentley brought a $100 bill, how much change did she receive?

• 40.56

• 59.44

• 41.44

• 100.00

Mrs. Bentley is buying cookies for the 5th grade graduation. Each cookie costs $1.12 and there are 76 fifth graders. The total of all the cookies was split among the 4 teachers. How much did each teacher pay for the cookies?

• 0.05

• 340.48

• 85.12

• 21.28

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

Tom went to the mall.
He bought 2 shirts for $23.12 and a hat for $6.25.
The shirts were the same price.He returned one of the shirts and bought lunch for $6.17.
He had $11.78 remaining when he left the mall.

How much money did Tom take with him to the mall?

• $23.98

• $35.55

• $35.76

• $47.32