Decimal Division & Multi-Step Word Problems for 5th Graders

A bakery made 12.5 dozen cookies. If they sold each dozen for $3.75, how much money did they make in total?

• $30.00

• $50.25

• $37.50

• $46.88

Emma bought 3.6 meters of ribbon. She used 1.2 meters for a project and wants to divide the remaining ribbon equally among 4 friends. How much ribbon will each friend get?

• 0.6 meters

• 0.9 meters

• 1.2 meters

• 0.3 meters

A car travels 150.5 miles on 5.5 gallons of gas. How many miles can the car travel on 1 gallon of gas?

• 27.36 miles per gallon

• 25 miles per gallon

• 35 miles per gallon

• 20 miles per gallon

A farmer harvested 45.6 pounds of apples. He packed them into bags that each hold 3.2 pounds. How many bags did he fill?

• 14

• 12

• 10

• 16

A book costs $12.99. If Sarah buys 4 books and pays with a $60 bill, how much change will she receive?

• $10.00

• $8.04

• $5.99

• $12.50

A school has 250.5 liters of juice. If they serve 1.5 liters at each party, how many parties can they serve?

• 167

• 150

• 175

• 200

Liam has $45.75. He wants to buy 3 video games that cost $14.99 each. How much money will he have left after his purchase?

• $30.76

• $1.50

• $0.78

• $15.00

A recipe requires 2.5 cups of flour. If you want to make half the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need?

• 1 cup

• 1.25 cups

• 2 cups

• 3 cups

A store sells 8.4 pounds of bananas for $1.20 per pound. How much will it cost to buy all the bananas?

• $10.08

• $5.00

• $8.40

• $12.00

A swimming pool holds 1,200.5 liters of water. If it is filled at a rate of 25 liters per hour, how many hours will it take to fill the pool?

• 45 hours

• 50 hours

• 60 hours

• 48.02 hours