Decimal Word Problems
Daphne bought 3 paintbrushes at $4.25 each, an easel for $30.00, and 8 tubes of paint at $2.95 each. How much money did she spend altogether?
What is $66.35?
A football running back had three plays in the first half. First, he ran for 13 yards. Next, he ran for 4 yards. Finally, he was tackled backwards for a loss of 6 yards.
How many total yards did the running back move?
What is 11 yards?
Nikita stacked 3 books on her desk.
The books were 5/8 inch thick, 3/4 inch thick and 1/2 inch thick. How tall was the stack that she created?
What is 1 7/8 inches?
A recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for 1 3/4 C of chocolate chips. I only want to make half of the recipe. How much chocolate chips do I need?
What is 7/8 or 0.875?
The elevation of City A is - 7 feet. The elevation of City B is 30 feet greater than the elevation of City A. What is the elevation of City B?
What is 23 feet?
Roberto needs 10 kilograms of clay for a ceramics project. He already has three pieces that weigh 1.3 kg, 2.4 kg, and 0.9 kg. How much more clay does he need?
What is 5.4kg?
A roller coaster at King’s Dominion begins at 80 feet above the ground. The first hill drops 70 feet quickly. The track then climbs up 50 feet.
What is the height of the roller coaster now?
What is 60 feet?
On Saturday, Ian recorded 3 3/4 inches of rain. On Sunday, he recorded 1 1/2 inches of rain. How much rain fell over the weekend?
What is 5 1/4 inches?
If you want to share 1 7/8 pizza with 3 people, how much pizza would each person get?
What is 5/8 or 0.625?
The ticket prices to a museum ar $11.25 for adults and $9.75 for students. How much will it cost for a group of 71 students, 3 parents, and 2 teachers to visit the museum?
What is $748.50?
Tyler decided that he wanted a dog. He went to the pet store and bought one for $42.95. Tyler also bought three bags of dog food for $12.55 per bag. How much did Tyler spend altogether?
What is $80.60?
A scuba diver sits at the surface of the water. He dives underwater 20 feet to watch some fish. A shark comes his way, so he swims back up 20 feet. The shark continues to swim toward him, so he climbs 10 feet higher into the boat.
What is the height of the scuba diver at the end of his dive?
What is +10 feet?
At the fair, Harold entered his frog,
Freddie, in the frog jumping contest.
Freddie’s first jump was 4 2/3 feet.
His second jump was 7 1112 feet.
His third was 6 5/6 feet.
Approximately how far did Harold’s frog jump in all?
What is 17 feet?
Cassie has 5 1/4 yards of ribbon to make three bows for birthday packages. How much ribbon should she use for each bow if she wants to use the same length of ribbon for each?
What is 1 3/4 yards?
Carlos is making three cakes. One cake requires 3/4 of a cup sugar. How much sugar will he need to make all three cakes?
What is 2 1/4 cups of sugar?
One cup of hot chocolate can be made with 0.12 ounces of hot chocolate mix. How many cups can be made from a 6.48 ounce canister of mix?
What is 54 cups?
An airplane is flying through the sky at a steady pace. It is heading towards some clouds, so it descends 50 feet. The plane climbs back above a flock of birds 20 ft.
How much did the height of the plane change?
What is 30 feet?
Izabella’s Nerd Rope is 7 feet long! If Nayeli ends 1 3/4 feet and Trinity eats 2 2/4 feet, how much is left for Izabella?
What is 2 3/4 feet?
Janet needs to cut yarn to get pieces
that are 6 3/4 inches long. How many
pieces can she get from a 27-inch
piece of yarn?
What is 4 pieces?
Christian made smoothies by using the following recipe:
2.25 liters of orange juice
4.75 liters of pineapple juice
2.5 liters of grape juice.
He then poured equal amounts into 5 different containers. About how much smoothie did Christian pour into each container?
What is about 2 liters?
Sing Lu jogs around a park near her house 3 times a week. The distance around the park is 0.8 mile. How many laps around the park are necessary to run 6 miles?
What is 7.5 times?
In St. Paul, Minnesota just before sunset, the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit was 2 degrees below zero. By midnight the temperature had dropped 12 degrees. Write an equation to help find the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit at midnight?
What is -2 - 12?
Ryan is building sandbox that is 3 1/2 meters long and 2 3/4 meters wide. How much wood does he need to build the sandbox?
What is 12 1/2 meters?
Mark has 1 1/4 hours to finish his three household chores. If he divides his time evenly, how many hours can he give to each chore?
What is 5/12 or 0.417?
Adana made keychains for her friends out of string. She started with 2 1/6 feet of red string, 3 1/4 feet of yellow string, and 5 1/2 feet of green string. If Adana used a total of 8 2/3 feet of string on the keychains, how much string remains unused?
What is 2 1/4 feet of string?