Real-Life Decimal Challenges: Fractions to Decimals

A recipe calls for 2.5 cups of flour. If you want to make 3 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need in total?

• 7.5 cups

• 5 cups

• 10 cups

• 2 cups

A car travels 0.75 miles per minute. How far will it travel in 15 minutes?

• 10 miles

• 12 miles

• 9.5 miles

• 11.25 miles

You bought 4.2 pounds of apples. If each apple weighs 0.3 pounds, how many apples did you buy?

• 14

• 16

• 12

• 10

A bottle contains 1.5 liters of juice. If you pour the juice into cups that hold 0.25 liters each, how many cups can you fill?

• 6

• 4

• 8

• 10

A store is having a sale where each item is 40% off. If an item originally costs $25, what is the sale price?

• $15

• $20

• $10

• $30

You have a piece of ribbon that is 3.6 meters long. If you cut it into pieces that are 0.9 meters long, how many pieces do you have?

• 4

• 6

• 5

• 3

A tank can hold 2.5 gallons of water. If you fill it with 1.75 gallons, how much more water do you need to fill it completely?

• 2 gallons

• 1 gallon

• 0.75 gallons

• 0.5 gallons

A recipe requires 3/4 cup of sugar. Convert this fraction to a decimal and then calculate how much sugar is needed for 4 batches of the recipe.

• 1.50 cups of sugar

• 4.00 cups of sugar

• 3.00 cups of sugar

• 2.50 cups of sugar

You read 1.2 books per week. How many books will you read in 10 weeks?

• 10 books

• 15 books

• 12 books

• 8 books

A gardener plants 0.6 acres of flowers. If each acre can produce 1500 flowers, how many flowers will the gardener produce?

• 600

• 1200

• 1500

• 900