Decimals
Suppose you want to buy three loaves of bread that cost $1.50 each and a jar of peanut butter that costs $4. A jar of jelly is $2.75, but you don’t need any jelly. You have $10. How much money will you have left over?
What is $1.50 left?
The star running back on our football team got most of his total yardage running. The rest was catching passes. He caught passes for 60 yards. His total yardage was 150 yards. The running back for the other team got 200 yards. How many yards did the star running back on our football team get running?
What is 90 yards?
Julie’s yard is rectangular. One side of the yard is 100 feet wide. The total area of the yard is 3,000 square feet. What is the length of the other side of the yard?
What is 30 feet?
A company donates 935 pencils to a school. The pencils are divided evenly among 9 classrooms. The rest of the pencils are given to the library. How many pencils were donated to each classroom and to the library?
What is 103 pencils with 8 left over?
Manny owns 83 sets of basketball cards. Each set has exactly 504 cards. What is the total number of basketball cards Manny owns?
What is 41,832 cards?
Ginny paid $4.16 for a sandwich. She paid $0.95 for a piece of fruit. What is the total amount Ginny paid for the sandwich and fruit?
What is $5.11?
The average temperature in Lincoln in July is 85 degrees. Last Wednesday, it was 90 degrees. Today it was 15 degrees cooler than last Wednesday. What was the temperature today?
What is 75 degrees?
A rectangle measures 4 2/3 x 3 3/7 inches. What is its area? Give your answer as a simplified mixed number or as a whole number.
What is 16 square inches?
A recipe calls for 2 cups of liquid, which includes ¼ cup molasses. What fraction of the liquid in the recipe is molasses?
What is 1/8?
There are 5,280 feet in a mile. How many feet are in 7/11 of a mile?
What is 3,360 feet?
Johnny makes $4.75 per hour at his work. If he works 6 hours, how much money will he earn?
What is $28.50?
Michelle has $80 to buy a new outfit. She found a skirt for $20, a blouse for $25, and a belt for $8. How much does she have left to buy shoes?
What is $27 left?
Layla wants to build a wooden box with a volume of 45 cubic centimeters. She started with a width of 3 cm, and a height of 3 cm. How long should Layla make the box?
What is 5 cm?
Roger wanted to collect 11 pounds of cans in 2 days. How much should he collect each day to reach his goal?
What is 5 1/2?
A box of pencils weighed 4 1⁄5 ounces. If a principal ordered 3 boxes, how much would they weigh?
What is 12 3/5?
Tina’s cat weighs 2.6 kilograms. Her dog weighs 4 times as much as her cat. How much does her dog weigh in kilograms?
What is 10.4 kg?
The city park is 9 2/5 miles from Roland Elementary School. The city library is 3 3/10 miles from the same school. How much farther from the school is the park than the library?
What is 6 1/10?
The perimeter of a rectangular playground is 46 m. If the length of the park is 7 m, what is the width of the park?
What is 6 4/7?
A doctor gave his patient liquid medicine and told him to drink 68 cups over the next 9 days. How much should the patient drink each day?
What is 7 5/9?
Paul had a lump of play doh that was 4 4⁄9 inches long. If he stretched it out to 2 times its current length how long would it be?
What is 8 8/9?
Jim rides the bus to and from school each day. A one-way trip is 8.12 kilometers. How many kilometers does he travel in 3 days?
What is 48.72 km?
Randa ate 3/8 of a pizza, and Marvin ate 1/4 of the same pizza. What fraction of the pizza did Randa and Marvin eat?
What is 5/8 of the pizza?
A water tank that is rectangular in shape is 15 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. What is the volume of the water tank?
What is 900 cubic feet?
A lawn care company had 32 feet of weed eater string. If they wanted to give each of their 3 weed eaters the same amount, how much should they give each one?
What is 10 2/3?
A restaurant had 4 full boxes of spoons and 1⁄2 of a box. If each full box weighed 3 kilograms, what is the combined weight of the boxes the restaurant has?
What is 13 1/2?