Adding/Subtracting Decimals
Word Problems
solve for the missing number
compare
subtracting fractions
100

0.9 + 0.06

0.96

100

Joey bought 1/3 yards of green string and 2/12 yards of blue string. How much string did he buy in total?

6/12 yards

100

1/6 = x / 42

x = 7

100

3/4 or 7/8

7/8

100

3 and 3/5 - 1 and 1/5

2 and 2/5

200

3.7 - 2.49

1.21

200

Billy drank 5/8ths of a glass of milk. Joey drank 3/16ths of a glass. How much did they drink together?

13/16ths

200

3/4 = 27 / x

x = 36

200

0.2 or 0.19

0.2

200

6 and 3/8 - 3 and 2/8

3 and 1/8

300

1.4 - 0.9

0.5

300

In the school 2/12ths of the students play basketball, and 1/4th play soccer. What fraction of students play basketball or soccer?

5/12ths

300

3/5 = X / 75

X = 45

300

0.512 or 0.52

0.52

300

7 and 4/8 - 5 and 2/8

2 and 2/8

400

4.09 - 0.2

3.89

400

A cake recipe calls for 1/3rd of a cup of milk and 2/4ths of a cup of white sugar. How much is this all together?

10/12ths

400

14 / 49 = 2 / X

X = 7

400

0.08 or 0.8

0.8
400

6 and 3/6 - 1 and 4/6

4 and 5/6

500

0.008 + 0.018

0.026

500

At the big race 4 students registered these times. Who was the quickest and who was the slowest?

Billy - 47.5 seconds

Joey - 47.49 seconds

Alexandra - 47.6 seconds

Kylie - 47. 57

quickest - Joey

Slowest - Alexandra

500

250 / 2000 = 1250 / X

x = 10,000

500

Put these from smallest to biggest:

0.1,  0.001,  1.0,  1.1, 1.01

0.001,    0.1,    1.0,     1.01,    1.1

500

7 - 5 and 1/4

1 and 3/4

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