Decimal Word Problems
Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems
Adding and Subtracting Decimals
100

Brenda and Jenna saved up $81.75 and $45.25 respectively to buy a gift for Mother’s Day. How much money in all have the sisters set aside for the gift?

What is $127

100

Add the decimals 43.28 + 31.45

What is 74.73

100

The San Antonio Zoo has a female gorilla with a mass of 189.67 kg and male gorilla with a mass of 56.99 kg. What is the total mass of the female and male gorilla?

What is 246.66 kg?
100

34.26 - 9.99

What is 24.27

200

Miley buys an assorted box of chocolates that contains 18.61 ounces of dark chocolate. Miley eats 9 ounces of chocolate on Monday and 6 ounces of chocolate on Tuesday. How much many ounces of chocolate does Miley have now?

What is 3.61 ounces

200
Add the decimals 0.724 + 6.458
What is 7.182
200

Last month Jason drove his car 2,798.6 miles. That brought the car's total mileage to 87,415 miles. What was the car's total mileage before last month?

What is 84,616.4 miles?

200

16.35 + 5

What is 21.35

300

Sarah has $56.59. She earns $10 after cleaning the garage. Sarah went shopping with her mom, and she spent $12.36 on jewelry. How much money does Sarah have now?

What is $54.23

300
Add the Decimals 1.325 + 0.081
What is 1.406
300

The regular price of a calculator is $8.98. Wesley paid 99 cents less than the regular price for the calculator. He also paid $1.98 for a pad of paper. What is the total amount Wesley paid for these two items?

What is $9.97

300

.035 + 0.99

What is 1.34?

400

There are 75.4 ounces of fruit. If Jack needs 9 ounces of fruit to make fruit salad, and 56.12 ounces of fruit to make an editable arrangement, will there be any fruit leftover? If so, how much? 

What is 10.28 ounces

400
Subtract the decimals 148.93 - 121.36
What is 27.57
400

A band can play as long as 9 minutes of music in a competition. If the band wants to play three total songs and the first song is 2.45 minutes long, the second song is 4.25 minutes long, how long can the third song be?

What is 2.3 minutes?

400

1,523.654 - 1,099

What is 424.654

500

Jack has 345.56 in his checking account. Jack worked for 3 hours on Friday and made 10.50 per hour. If Jack puts the money he made on Friday is his checking account, how much money does Jack have now?

What is 377.06

500

Subtract the decimals 248 - 131.48

What is 116.72

500

The female giraffe is 1.296 meters taller than the male giraffe. If the female giraffe is 1.42 meters tall , how tall is the male giraffe?

What is 2.716 metes?

500

999.99 + 532

What is 1,531.99

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