Adding and Subtracting Decimal Word Problems

Lidia lives 1.25 miles from school and 0.82 mile from the grocery store. How much farther does Lidia live from school than from the grocery store?

• 0.33 mile

• 0.43 mile

• 2.07 miles

• 4.3 miles

Angelo bought 3.45 pounds of red apples and 1.57 pounds of green apples. How many more pounds of red apples than green apples did Angelo buy?

• 5.02 pounds

• 1.98 pounds

• 1.88 pounds

• 1.12 pounds

Brooks has $16.73. He buys a baseball card that costs $4.12. How much money will he have left?

• $12.61

• $14.61

• $5.53

• $8.61

Jamie bought a beach towel for $9.95 and a beach bag for $13.46. What is the total amount of money Jamie spent on the two items?

• $22.31

• $23.41

• $32.91

• $144.55

Kelli bought 2 notebooks for $3.15 each and a backpack for $12.40. How much money did she spend?

• $15.55

• $17.55

• $18.70

• $19.70

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

Emily bought the following amounts of fruit at a fruit stand:
0.75 pounds of grapes
0.5 pounds of bananas
1.25 pounds of apples

How much did her fruit weigh altogether?

• 0.25 pounds

• 2.05 pounds

• 2.50 pounds

• 25.0 pounds

How much did her fruit weigh altogether?

• 0.25 pounds

• 2.05 pounds

• 2.5 pounds

• 25 pounds

Xavier spent $15.68 on a shirt, $29.67 on shoes, and $14.95 on pants. How much did he spend?

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