Word Problems
An electrician paid $379.91 total for 1,000 feet of wire. How much does he pay per foot of wire?
0.37991
Marcia and Jan each multiplied
5.6 x 10 and 7.21 x 10
Marcia got 56 and 72.1 for her products.
Jan got 56 and 721 for her products.
Who multiplied correctly?
Marcia!
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15.3 ÷ 102
What is 0.153?
5.32 x 102
What is 532 ?
Billy has put 100 hours into playing an online video game. He has paid $78.28 over the course of the entire game. How much did he pay per hour played?
0.7828
Last Halloween, Allana only got 8 pieces of candy. She is determined to get a lot more this year. If Allana gets 10 times the amount she got last year, how much candy will Allana get?
80
650,000 ÷ 102
What is 6,500?
231 ÷ 103
What is 0.231 ?
4.2231 x 103
What is 4,223.1?
At the hardware store Lana bought a box with 100 nails and paid $2.16 total. What is the price per nail?
0.0216
Gianna arrived late to Jump Rope club this week and only jumped 23.5 times. If Gianna jumped 100 times that amount last week, how many jumps did Gianna do?
461,000 ÷ 103
What is 461?
774.6 ÷ 102
What is 7.746
0.0752 x 104
What is 752 ?
Paul's water bill this month was $21.41. Looking at the water bill, it says he used exactly 10,000 gallons of water. How much does he pay per gallon of water used?
0.002141
Mrs. Murphy enjoys going on road trips over the summer. Last summer, she drove 18,456 miles. If she drove 10 x less this summer, how many miles did she drive?
1,845.6
35,400 ÷ 101
What is 3,540
3,974 ÷ 105
What is 0.03974?
4,325.201 x 101
What is 43,252.01?
A candy store in the mall orders 1,000 boxes of candy a month. Each box of candy weighs 57.3 grams. What is the total weight (in grams) of the candy the store orders?
57,300
Mrs. Sellar buys tons of diapers for her kids every year. Last month she bought 3 packs of diapers for $50.99 each. If she buys 10 x that amount throughout the year, how much money will she spend on diapers this year?
$50.99 x 3 = $152.97
$152.97 x 10 = $1,529.70
340,000 ÷ 105
What is 3.4
5.403 ÷ 101
What is .5403?
1.56 x 103
What is 1,560