Story Problems
Greg made two paper airplanes. The first airplane was 7.78 inches long and the second plane was 2.8 inches shorter. How long is the second plane?
The second plane is 4.98 inches long
Jackie rode her bike down the street at 13.236 miles per hour. Round Jackie's speed to the nearest hundredth.
13.24 miles per hour
Kelly, Jenny, and Cindy are playing with clay. Kelly's clay weighs 1.78 pounds and Jenny's clay weighs 2 pounds and Cindy's clay weighs 1.3 pounds. What is the total weight of their clay?
5.08 pounds
What is the standard form of this decimal?
(5 x 10) + (8 x 1) + (4 x 1/100)
58.04
What is the product? 0.3 x 0.6
0.18
The STEM lab had 5 beakers filled with water. Which beaker has the least a mount of water?
beaker 1 - 5.6
beaker 2 - 5.07
beaker 3 - 5.049
beaker 4 - 5.1
beaker 5 - 5.62
5.049
Jemma and Dean are buying cheese at their local grocery store. Jemma's cheese weighed 1.45 lbs and Dean's cheese weighed 1.435 lbs. Who bought more cheese?
Jemma bought more cheese
1.45 > 1.435
Mr. Hingle is buying some fruit for his children. The bag of clementines he bought costs $6.45 and the pint of strawberries he bought costs $3.89. What is the total cost of the fruit?
$10.34
What is this number in standard form:
(4 x 1000) + (3 x 100) + (5 x 1) + (6 x 1/100) + ( 9 x 1/1000)?
4305.069
Round 8.478 to the nearest hundredth.
8.48
Jamie was planting some sunflower seeds. After two weeks she measured her plants in inches. Please help Jamie list her plants height from least to greatest.
2.45, 2.5, 3.011, 3.02, 2.436
2.436, 2.45, 2.5, 3.011, 3.02
Compare the following decimals by placing the <,>, or = symbols between the decimals.
6.70 6.7 6.709
6.70 = 6.7 < 6.709
Kevin is splitting wood. The first piece of wood he cut was 1.45 ft. long, and the second piece of wood he cut was 0.29 ft. shorter than the first. How long is the second piece of wood?
1.16 ft.
Write the following decimal in expanded form:
103.009
(1 x 100) + (3x1) + (9 x 1/1000)
Find the volume of a rectangular prism with a length of 6 ft. a width of 12 ft. and a height of 10 ft.
720 cubic feet
Kimberly was comparing decimals in school. She had to compare the following decimals using the >,<, or = sign. Help Kimberly place the signs correctly between the decimals.
0.987 0.978
1.234 1.4
7.3 7.30
0.987 > 0.978
1.234 < 1.4
7.3 = 7.30
Jenny's cat weighs 25.69 pounds and Albert's cat weighs 17.92 pounds. Estimate the combined weight of the cats to the nearest pound, then solve.
Estimate: 44 pounds
25.69 + 17.92 = 43.61
What is the result of this subtraction?
5.08 - 1.39 =
3.69
Write: (5 x 100) + (3 x 1/10) + (6 x 1/1000) in standard form.
500.306
Find the products of the decimals below:
0.4 x 0.5 =
7.95 x 9 =
1.23 x 0.6 =
What is 0.20, 71.55,0.738
The lengths of pencils are listed below: Which is the longest pencil?
5.45 in 5.2 in 5.66 in 5.09 in 5.62 in
5.66 in
There are 5 pencils left on the floor after school with the following lengths, 4.56 in, 3.98 in, 5.01 in, and 5.1 in. Compare the longest pencil and the shortest pencil using the <,>, or = sign.
5.1 > 3.98
Cole went to the grocery store every day for five days, she spent the following amount each day. What is the total amount of money he spent rounded to the nearest dollar?
Monday - $5.70
Tuesday - $4.50
Wednesday - $3.80
Thursday - $4.20
Friday - $3.90
$22
Petunia wrote 6.79 in standard form as shown below:
(6 x 1) + (7 x 1/10) + (9 x 1/1000)
What did Petunia do wrong?
Petunia did not write the nine in the hundredths place correctly, it should be (9 x 1/100) because the 9 is in the hundredths place, it is not in the thousandths place.
Look at the following decimals; 900.63 and 9.85, how does the 9 in the 900.63 compare with the 9 in 9.85?
The 9 in 900.63 is 100 times the value of the 9 in 9.85