Subtracting Decimals Story Problems

Samantha had $15.75. She spent $8.25 on a book. How much money does she have left?

• $7.50

• $10.25

• $5.75

• $12.50

A store had 250.75 pounds of apples. They sold 125.5 pounds. How many pounds of apples are left?

• 50.75 pounds

• 200.75 pounds

• 375.25 pounds

• 125.25 pounds

A company earned $350.25 in January and $275.50 in February. How much less money did they earn in February?

• $100.75

• $74.75

• $200.50

• $125.25

A garden had 15.6 pounds of tomatoes. 8.25 pounds were used for making sauce. How many pounds of tomatoes are left?

• 5.75

• 10.25

• 12.60

• 7.35

On Tuesday, Mr. Rodriguez bought a new video game system for $345.67. On Friday, the system went on sale for $299.99. How much money could Mr. Rodriguez have saved if he would have bought the system on Friday?

• $44.98

• $154.23

• $645.66

• $45.68

A bridge is 239.4 meters long. Because of a traffic jam, Ken’s car stops after he drives 102.3 meters on the bridge. How much more does he need to drive to get off the bridge?

A company had 500.25 yards of fabric. They used 375.5 yards. How many yards of fabric are left?

• 1000.75 yards

• 375.5 yards

• 124.75 yards

• 250.25 yards

A student scored 85.75 in the first test and 92.5 in the second test. How much more did the student score in the second test?

• 6.75

• 3.25

• 2.75

• 10.5

Jada ran 7.1 miles, Noah ran 5.123 miles, and Diego ran 8 miles. Jada ran how much farther than Noah?

• 1.789 miles

• 1.977 miles

• 1.78 miles

• 2.014 miles

A bag of chocolates is labeled to contain 0.384 pounds of chocolates. The actual weight of the chocolates is 0.3798 pound. How much lighter are the chocolates than stated on the label?

• 0.0042 pounds

• 0.0049 pounds

• 0.047 pounds

• 0.094 pounds