Decimals
The average life expectancy of a male in Italy is 75.32 years. The average life expectancy of a female in Italy is 82.3 years. How much longer is the average life expectancy of a female living in Italy?
6.98
Ryan bought a packet of 60 biscuits on Saturday. On Sunday he ate half of them. On Monday he ate 19 of them. How many biscuits did he have left for Tuesday?
11 biscuits
What is 25% of 36 days?
9 days
How many 30 gram flowerpots can a 6kg pack of soil fill up?
200 flowerpots
The tap can fill up the bathtub in 22 minutes. The capacity of the bathtub is 176 L. How much water is added to the tub per minute?
8 liters / minute
David wants to buy 16 bolts from a bin at the hardware store. Each bolt costs $0.03. How much will David pay for the bolts?
$0.48
In a sale Gameboys are reduced by two-fifths. What is the sale price if the original price was $50.00?
$30
Hannah is paid $280. She spends 30% on her rent, 25% on food and bills, and saves the rest. How much does Hannah save?
$126
Ace’s family donated 12 sacks of clothes and bedding to families in remote areas. Each sack weighed 20 kilograms. If these sacks were equally shared among 8 families, how many kilograms of clothes did each family receive?
30kgs
Mrs. Jackson bought 2 cartons of milk which are 2.4 L each. Her three children finished 1.2 L on Monday and 950 ml on Tuesday. How much milk is left?
2.65 L
Frank, Gina, Judy, and Connie are splitting their dinner bill. After tip, the total is $30.08. How much does each owe if they split the bill four ways?
$7.52
On six bookshelves, there are 72 books per shelf. How many books are there altogether? If 1/3 of these are non-fiction, how many fictional books are there?
288
Emma is paid $24,000 each year. She is given a pay rise of 12%. How much does she earn now?
$26,880
Chef Vilma bought 1.3 kilograms of skim milk and 3.2 kilograms of flour. She used some skim milk for baking a birthday cake and 450 grams of it was left. How much skim milk (in grams) did she use?
850 grams
1 tea bag can brew 180 ml of tea. A box of tea bags come with 24 teabags. How much tea (measured in L) can be made with a box of tea bags?
4.32 L of tea
James enjoys spending money at the hardware store. He gets along wonderfully with the owner. He bought a wrench for $9.14, a nail gun for $24.48, and a dozen nails for $2.06. He gave the owner a hundred-dollar bill. How much change did James get?
$64.32
30 people watched the soccer game last night. Tickets cost $2.75 each. Half of these fans bought a program at $1.50 each. How much money was collected?
$105
Frank organised a raffle. He sells 300 tickets for $5 each. The prizes cost him $400. He gives 55% of the profit to Charity A, and 45% of the profit to Charity B. How much does Charity B receive?
$495
Poultry farmers Bob and Job bought the same feed for their chickens. Bob bought 1 sack of feed weighing 2 kgs for $10. Job bought 4 smaller packs, each weighing 500g, for $3 each. Which farmer got a better deal?
Bob
Each batch of cookies requires 60 ml of vanilla extract. A bakery has 16 two-liter bottles of vanilla extract. That and that is enough for about ____________ batches of cookies
533
Kaylee’s family of six people decided to spend their summer vacation in San Antonio. They went to Six Flags Fiesta Texas on Tuesday, which cost them $40.74 per person. On Thursday, they visited Sea World, which cost them $36.90 per person. How much money did Kaylee’s family spend on admission into these two parks?
$465.84
A box of pizza was left out on the table by Levi’s brother. 1/8 of the pizza had already been eaten by his brother. Levi ate 2/5 of the pizza on the table and drank 2 glasses of soda. How much of the whole pizza did Levi eat?
7/20
Frances and her family go for a meal while on holiday in Florida. They are told it is normal to tip 15%. The meal costs $128. Frances tips $16, is this enough? If not, what's the least amount he should tip?
No, he should tip at least $19.20
Which of the following is the heaviest?
a) 2 stacks of old newspapers weighing 2.5kgs per stack
b) 5 medicine capsules weighing 500mg each
c) 4.4kgs of candies
d) 1,500g of rocks
A
A medium sized orange can make 55 ml of juice. A large orange can make 85 ml of juice. Amelia wants to make 2.5 L of juice, so she bought 20 medium oranges and 15 large oranges. Does she have enough oranges to make 2.5 L of juice?
No