Adding Rational Numbers: Real-Life Word Problems for 5th Grade

Lily has 2.5 meters of ribbon. She buys another 1.75 meters. How much ribbon does she have now?

• 3.5 meters

• 2.0 meters

• 5.0 meters

• 4.25 meters

Tom ran 3.2 kilometers in the morning and 1.5 kilometers in the evening. What is the total distance he ran?

• 5.0 kilometers

• 3.7 kilometers

• 4.0 kilometers

• 4.7 kilometers

A recipe calls for 0.5 liters of milk. If you add another 0.3 liters, how much milk do you have in total?

• 0.8 liters

• 1.0 liters

• 0.3 liters

• 0.5 liters

Sarah read 1.4 books in January and 2.6 books in February. How many books did she read in those two months?

• 2.0

• 3.0

• 5.2

• 4.0

A tank holds 4.5 liters of water. If you pour in 2.3 liters more, how much water is in the tank now?

• 6.8 liters

• 5.5 liters

• 7.1 liters

• 4.0 liters

Mark has 5.5 kilograms of apples. He buys 3.2 kilograms more. How many kilograms of apples does he have altogether?

• 6.0 kilograms

• 9.2 kilograms

• 8.7 kilograms

• 7.5 kilograms

Emma collected 0.75 dollars in coins and found another 0.85 dollars. How much money does she have now?

• 2.00 dollars

• 1.50 dollars

• 0.90 dollars

• 1.60 dollars

A car traveled 12.3 miles on Monday and 7.8 miles on Tuesday. What is the total distance traveled by the car?

• 15.5 miles

• 22.3 miles

• 20.1 miles

• 18.0 miles

If a plant grows 0.6 inches in the first week and 1.2 inches in the second week, how much has it grown in total?

• 1.0 inches

• 0.6 inches

• 2.4 inches

• 1.8 inches

During a sale, a store sold 1.5 liters of juice on Monday and 2.4 liters on Tuesday. How much juice was sold over the two days?

• 4.2 liters

• 3.5 liters

• 3.9 liters

• 2.0 liters