Decimal Adventures: Adding & Subtracting in Real Life

Lily bought 3.5 meters of ribbon for a project. She used 1.2 meters for one project and 0.8 meters for another. How much ribbon does she have left?

• 1.5 meters

• 0.5 meters

• 2.0 meters

• 1.0 meter

A baker made 4.5 kilograms of dough. He used 2.3 kilograms to make bread and 1.1 kilograms for pastries. How much dough is remaining?

• 3.4 kilograms

• 1.5 kilograms

• 2.1 kilograms

• 1.1 kilograms

Tom has 5.6 liters of juice. He poured 1.4 liters into a pitcher and then used 2.2 liters for a party. How much juice does he have left?

• 4.0 liters

• 3.4 liters

• 1.6 liters

• 2.0 liters

A gardener planted 2.5 meters of flowers in one row and 3.2 meters in another. If he has 10.0 meters of flowers in total, how much does he have left after planting?

• 6.0 meters

• 4.3 meters

• 5.2 meters

• 3.5 meters

Sarah bought 6.4 pounds of apples. She gave 2.5 pounds to her friend and then used 1.3 pounds to make a pie. How many pounds of apples does she have now?

• 4.5 pounds

• 2.6 pounds

• 3.1 pounds

• 1.8 pounds

A toy store sold 3.6 toy cars for $4.25 each. How much money did the store make from selling the toy cars?

• $12.75

• $18.00

• 15.30

• $10.50

A school ordered 2.5 boxes of pencils, each containing 12 pencils. If 5 pencils were broken, how many usable pencils are left?

• 20

• 30

• 15

• 25

A restaurant served 4.2 liters of soup. If they had 1.5 liters left after serving, how much soup was served?

• 3.0 liters

• 1.5 liters

• 4.0 liters

• 2.7 liters

A library has 15.5 meters of bookshelves. If they add 2.3 meters of new shelves and remove 1.7 meters of old shelves, how many meters of bookshelves do they have now?

• 16.1 meters

• 17.8 meters

• 14.5 meters

• 15.0 meters

A farmer harvested 8.4 tons of corn. He sold 3.2 tons and then donated 1.5 tons. How much corn does he have left?

• 2.5 tons

• 4.2 tons

• 3.7 tons

• 5.0 tons