Mixed Decimal Operations Word Problems

Isaac’s dad put gas in his car. The price of gas was $3.18 per gallon. It took 15 gallons of gas to fill the gas tank. How much money did Isaac’s dad spend to fill the gas tank?

Amber earned a total of $720.60 over 12 weeks babysitting.  She earned the same amount of money each week.  How much money did Amber earn each week?

• $6.50

• $60.05

• $6.05

• $60.50

Brandon baked brownies for his class party. In a large bowl he mixed 56.7 ounces of brownie batter. Brandon makes seven batches of brownies from this batter. How many ounces will he use for each batch?

Justin spends $1.48 for coffee on his way to work each day. He works 5 days a week. How much money will Justin spend on coffee in 4 weeks?

• $7.40

• $5.92

• $29.60

• $28.60

Ali grew 2.3 inches this school year and Mary grew 2.38 inches. How much did they grow all together? 

• 4.68 inches

• 0.08 inches

• 2.5 inches
  2.58 inches

• 5.68 inches

Nancy was buying food for her birthday party. She bought a 52.93 oz bag of barbeque chips and a 79.6 oz bag of regular chips. How many ounces did she buy all together?

• 132.53 ounces

• 33.33 ounces

• 26.77 bags

• 60.89 ounces

Paige was measuring how much taller she got over two years. In the first year she grew 4.62 cm. In the second year she grew 7.7 cm. How much taller did she grow over the two years?

• 12.3 cm

• 3.8 years

• 12.32 cm

• 12.32 years

Harold had 6 pounds of nails that cost $35.34. If each pound of nails was the same price, how much was one pound of nails?

Sebastian bought 2 packages of Skittles for $1.19 each and 3 boxes of Snickers for $5 each. He used a coupon for $0.50 off the total price of his candy. The discounted price for the candy Sebastian bought can be found using this expression. [ ( 2 × 1.19 ) + ( 3 × 5 ) ] - 0.50 What is the discounted price in dollars and cents of the candy that Sebastian bought?

• $17.38

• $16.88

• $15.69

• $16.70

• $28.40/8 = $3.55

• $28.40 x 8 = $227.20

• $28.40/8 = $3.66

• $28.40 x 3.55 = $100.82