Comparing and Rounding Decimals in Real-Life Scenarios

Lily has $3.75 and Jake has $3.80. How much more money does Jake have than Lily?

• $0.10

• $0.20

• $0.05

• $0.15

A pencil costs $1.25 and an eraser costs $0.95. How much more does the pencil cost than the eraser?

• $1.00

• $0.50

• $0.30

• $0.20

Tom ran 2.5 miles, while Sarah ran 2.75 miles. How much further did Sarah run than Tom?

• 2 miles

• 1 mile

• 0.25 miles

• 0.5 miles

A bottle of juice is 1.99 liters, and a bottle of soda is 1.85 liters. How much more juice is in the juice bottle?

• 0.14 liters

• 0.10 liters

• 0.25 liters

• 0.05 liters

Emma bought 4.50 pounds of apples and 3.75 pounds of oranges. How many more pounds of apples did she buy than oranges?

• 1.25 pounds

• 0.50 pounds

• 2.00 pounds

• 0.75 pounds

A book costs $12.99 and a magazine costs $9.50. How much more does the book cost than the magazine?

• $3.49

• $5.00

• $4.50

• $2.99

In a race, Alex finished in 3.2 seconds and Ben finished in 3.5 seconds. Who finished faster and by how much?

• Alex finished faster than Ben by 0.3 seconds.

• Ben finished faster than Alex by 0.1 seconds.

• Ben finished faster than Alex by 0.2 seconds.

• Alex and Ben finished at the same time.

A toy costs $15.75 and a game costs $14.50. How much more does the toy cost than the game?

• $3.00

• $2.25

• $1.25

• $0.75

A car traveled 25.6 miles on Monday and 30.4 miles on Tuesday. How many more miles did the car travel on Tuesday?

• 4.8 miles

• 3 miles

• 10 miles

• 5.6 miles

A cake weighs 2.5 kilograms and a pie weighs 2.3 kilograms. How much heavier is the cake than the pie?

• 0.3 kilograms

• 0.1 kilograms

• 1.0 kilograms

• 0.2 kilograms