Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Decimals Word Problems

An acre has 208.7 square feet. How many square feet are in 2 1/2 acres? What operation should you perform?

• Multiply

• Divide

• Add

• Subtract

Bill paid $32.50 for 4 fishing rods. How much did bill pay per fishing rod? What operation should be performed?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

One serving of cheese enchiladas uses 1.5 ounces of cheese. The entire pan of enchiladas uses 12.75 ounces. How many servings are in the pan? What operation do you need to perform?

• Multiply

• Divide

• Add

• Subtract

Blue and her 2 friends went out to dinner and had a tab of $37.47. How much did each person pay?

• $18.74

• $112.41

• $11.41

• $12.49

Answer the question above.

• A

• B

• C

• D

The bus is 33.5 feet long. The city train is 45.9 feet longer than the bus. How long is the city train?

A school cafeteria uses 2.5 liters of milk each day. How much milk will they use in 7 days?

• 17.5 liters

• 18.5 liters

• 16.5 liters

• 15.5 liters

Farmer Joe uses 9.5 bags of fertilizer for the pumpkin field. He uses 0.7 more bags of fertilizers for the tomato field. Compared to the tomato field, he uses 1.3 less bags of fertilizers for the cabbage field. How many bags of fertilizers does he uses for the cabbage field?

There are 4.5 liters of milk in a pot. The chef stirs in 2.5 g of salt and 1.2 liters of water. How much liquid is in the pot?

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

• 2.5 pounds

• 25.0 pounds