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Adding and Subtracting Decimals
100
Benjamin bought 12 goldfish. Each goldfish cost $0.98. How much did Benjamin spend?
$11.76
100
A tissue box is 12.02 centimeters in width. What is the total width of 13 tissue boxes on a shelf?
156.25 cm
100
Ellen jogs 2.45 miles each day. In the month of July she jogged 26 days. How far did Ellen jog in the month of July?
63.7 miles
100
Jacqueline bought juice boxes to give to her softball team. The juice boxes cost $0.81 each and she bought 21 boxes. How much did Jacqueline pay for the juice boxes?
$17.01
100
31.28 + 35.81
67.09
200
The book store is having a sale on bookmarks. Each bookmark is on sale for $0.84. Each student in Ms. Duke's class decides to buy a bookmark. There are 23 students in Ms. Duke's class. How much will the class spend on bookmarks at the book store?
$19.32
200
Dave pays $1.75 for a school lunch on days when he doesn't bring his own lunch to school. One week he bought a school lunch on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. How much did he spend on school lunches that week?
$7.00
200
Joel went to the $1.99 store, where everything costs $1.99. (By the way, such a store does not exist in real life.) He purchased 6 items. How much did Joel spend?
$11.94
200
Jamal made a banner for the football game that was 12 feet long. Betsy made a banner that was 0.66 times as long as Jamal's banner. How long was Jamal's banner?
7.92 feet
200
99.67 - 78.46
21.21
300
Joe pays $1.63 for a cappucino when he's running late to work. Last week, he ran late on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday? How much did he spent on cappucinos that week?
$4.89 (by the way, Joe definitely isn't going to Starbucks, because he'd be paying a lot more if he did!)
300
Mrs. Davis planted red flowers in 0.6 of her garden. She also planted yellow flowers in 0.4 of her garden. In 0.5 of the part with red flowers she also planted white flowers. What part of Mrs. Davis' garden has both red and white flowers?
0.3
300
Daniel ran around a 0.75-mile track 6 times. How far did Daniel run?
4.5 miles
300
Suzanna gets $8.50 a week for doing her chores. Brianna earns 10.2 times more money per month for mowing lawns. How much does Brianna earn each month for mowing lawns?
$86.70
300
Ms. Landis loves watermelon. She buys 62.29 pounds of watermelon in October and 29.84 pounds of watermelon in November. How much watermelon does she buy in all?
92.13 pounds of watermelon
400
Kathy earns $6.50 per hour at her baby-sitting job. On Sunday she worked 7 hours. What were her total earnings for the day?
$45.50
400
Bradley bought 14 yellow highlighters. Each highlighter cost $0.94. How much did Bradley spend?
$13.16
400
Kim went to a restaurant every Sunday in March and April. Each month had 4 Sundays. Each time she spent $4.85 for a hamburger and a soda. How much did Kim spend in these two months?
$38.80
400
Coach Kilroy bought ribbon to make medals for the soccer team. The ribbon cost $0.67 per foot and he bought 16 feet. How much did Coach Kilroy pay for the ribbon?
$10.72
400
Ms. Costakis and Mr. B both have cats. Mr. B's cat is much smaller, though. Ms. Costakis spends $36.42 on cat food per month and Mr. B spends $13.99 on cat food per month. How much more does Ms. Costakis spend?
$22.43
500
10 members of the Science Olympiad team went to the natural history museum. It cost $7.25 for each member of the club. If 90 team members wanted to go, how much would that cost?
$652.50
500
An art teacher spent $15.62 for red paint. He spent 3 times more for blue paint. How much did he spend for blue paint?
$46.86
500
Richard bought 32.4 pounds of potting soil and 45.6 pounds of sand. Both are normally $1 per pound. Richard got them on sales for $0.86 per pound. How much did he spend (This is a 2-step problem.)
$67.08
500
Last week a gallon of gas cost $2.68. Don put 14.5 gallons of gas in his car. How much did Don spend on gas?
$13.86
500
Destiny spends 98.212 minutes studying for her science test and 38.544 minute studying for her history test. How much longer does she study for science?
59.668 minutes
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