Rounding & Comparing Decimals: Fun Word Problems!

Lily bought 3.75 meters of ribbon. If she needs to round the length to the nearest whole meter, how many meters will she round it to?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 2

Tom has $12.50. He wants to buy a toy that costs $9.99. How much money will he have left after the purchase?

• $4.99

• $2.51

• $5.51

• $3.00

A bottle holds 1.2 liters of juice. If Sarah drinks 0.75 liters, how much juice is left in the bottle? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

• 0.5 liters

• 0.8 liters

• 0.3 liters

• 1.0 liters

In a race, Anna finished in 2.45 minutes and Ben finished in 2.5 minutes. Who had the better time?

• Anna had the better time.

• Ben had the better time.

• Anna and Ben finished at the same time.

• Both had the same time.

A pizza costs $8.99. If you round the price to the nearest dollar, what is the rounded price?

• 9

• 7

• 10

• 8

A store sold 4.6 kg of apples and 3.8 kg of oranges. How many kilograms of fruit did they sell in total? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

• 10

• 8

• 9

• 7

If a book costs $15.75 and you have $20.00, how much change will you receive after buying the book?

• $3.50

• $2.75

• $5.00

• $4.25

During a sale, a shirt is marked down from $24.99 to $19.99. How much money did you save? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

• $3.00

• $4.99

• $6.00

• 5.00

A car travels 15.6 miles on 0.5 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon does the car get? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

• 28.5

• 35.0

• 25.0

• 31.2

If a recipe calls for 2.5 cups of flour and you only have 1.75 cups, how much more flour do you need? Round your answer to the nearest quarter cup.

• 0.75 cups

• 0.5 cups

• 1 cup

• 1.25 cups