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Decimal Word Problems - Choose Operation

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dorian paid $15.95 and $6.50 for two books. How much money did he pay for the books?

a)

Add

b)

Subtract

c)

Multiply

d)

Divide

2.
Haley and her 4 friends decide to go out to dinner at Applebee's. The bill for their table came to $65.30. If they want to split the bill evenly between them, how much will each person pay?
a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

3.

A store is shipping 24 birdhouses to a park. The total weight of the shipment was 102.18 pounds. How much does each birdhouse weigh?

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

4.
Riley has started a babysitting business. She charges $3.85 per hour. If she works 8 hours a week, how many dollars does she earn for the week?
a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

5.

On Tuesday 57 people rent skates at Stardust Skate Center. It costs $2.59 to rent skates. How much money does the rink make in skate rentals on Tuesday?

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

6.

Every week Joshua runs 2.1 miles on Monday, 3.1 miles on Wednesday, 4.05 miles on Thursday, and 2.65 miles on Friday. How many total miles will he run in a week?

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

7.

Stephen ran a 100 meter race in 35.6 seconds. Nathan ran the same race in 36.72 seconds. How much faster was Stephen than Nathan?

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add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

8.

Jerry bought 6.95 lbs. of cherry and lime jelly beans for his birthday party. If 1.75 lbs. were cherry flavor, how many pounds were lime flavor?

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

9.
Joy drinks 4 bottles of water per day.  Each bottle contains 16.5 fluid ounces.  How many fluid ounces of water does she drink per day? 
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add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

10.

Gene was comparing two different brands of donuts. Brand A had 18 donuts for $5.22 and Brand B had 24 donuts for $6. Which Brand is the better deal?

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add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

11.

Richard brought 2.48 pounds of almonds and 1.9 pounds of walnuts. How many more pounds of almonds does he have than walnuts?

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

12.

The trail is divided into three sections. The first section is 7.2 miles, the second section is 4.28 miles, and the third section is 2.03 miles. How long is the trail?

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide