Estimating Costs: A Decimal Operations Challenge

A store sells a pack of pencils for $2.75 and a notebook for $3.50. Estimate the total cost of buying one pack of pencils and one notebook.

• $5.25

• $8.00

• $7.00

• $6.50

Maria bought 3.5 pounds of apples at $1.20 per pound. How much did she spend on apples?

• $5.00

• $2.40

• $4.20

• $3.50

A recipe requires 0.75 cups of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches, how many cups of sugar do you need in total?

• 4 cups

• 1.5 cups

• 3 cups

• 2 cups

Tom ran 2.5 miles on Monday and 3.75 miles on Tuesday. Estimate the total distance he ran over the two days.

• 8 miles

• 6.25 miles

• 7 miles

• 5 miles

A book costs $12.99, and a magazine costs $4.50. If you buy both, how much will you spend?

• $17.49

• $20.00

• $15.49

• $18.99

A car travels 15.6 miles on 0.4 gallons of gas. How many miles can it travel on 1 gallon of gas?

• 30 miles

• 45 miles

• 39 miles

• 25 miles

Lily has $50.75. She spends $18.25 on a dress and $12.50 on shoes. How much money does she have left?

• $30.75

• $15.00

• $20.00

• $25.50

A bottle of juice costs $3.25. If you buy 5 bottles, what is the total cost?

• $16.25

• $18.75

• $14.50

• $15.00

A farmer harvested 12.5 bushels of corn and 8.75 bushels of soybeans. Estimate the total bushels harvested.

• 20.5 bushels

• 19 bushels

• 22.75 bushels

• 21.25 bushels

If a pizza costs $14.99 and you tip the delivery person $2.00, what is the total amount you will pay?

• $16.99

• $18.99

• $17.99

• $15.99