Word Problems
Jamie bought 2.345 meters of fabric and then bought 1.678 meters more. How much fabric does she have in total?
4.023 meters
What is 1.234+2.456
3.69
What is 5.678−2.345
3.333
What is 2 1/2 + 1 1/4?
3 3/4
Round 1.56 to the nearest TENTHS place.
1.6
A recipe calls for 3.500 cups of flour. If you use 1.250 cups, how much flour is left?
2.25 cups
Add 3.500+4.250
7.75
Subtract 6.500−1.250
5.25
Ms. McGuigan uses 3 7/8 cups of sugar and 5 1/6 cups of flour while she is baking her favorite dessert. She says this will make less than 8 cups because 3 + 5 = 8. Is she correct? Explain.
She is not correct, because 3 7/8 is closer to 4.
The following is a decimal written in expanded form. Write the decimal in standard form.
9 x 100 + 2 x 10 + 7 x 1 + 4 x 1/10 + 6 x 1/100 + 8 x 1/1000
927.468
A tank holds 5.600 liters of water. If 2.345 liters are used, how much water is left in the tank?
3.255 liters
What is the sum of 0.678+0.345+0.123
1.146
If you take away 0.900 from 3.500 how much do you have left?
2.6
Mr. E buys 1 3/4 yards of material. He uses 1/3 yard for a project. How much material, in yards, does Mr. E have left?
17/12 or 1 5/12 yards
Which of the following expressions are eqivalent (equal) to 1.9
0.19 x 10
19.0 x 100
19.0 divided by 10
0.19 x 10
19.0 divided by 10
Sarah has 4.25 kg of apples. She gives 1.75 kg to her friend. How many kg of apples does she have now?
2.5 kg
If you add 2.75+3.125, what do you get?
5.875
What is 7.890−4.321
3.569
Ms. Abramson has 4 2/3 yards of red ribbon. She also has 2 1/2 yards of blue ribbon. How much more red ribbon does she have than blue ribbon?
13/6 or 2 1/6 yards
$33.75
A car travels 12.345 kilometers, and then it travels 7.890 kilometers more. What is the total distance traveled?
20.235 km
Calculate the total of 5.321+4.789+3.654
13.764
Calculate 3.456−2.789
.667
Mrs. Lomas mixes together 1 3/4 quarts of apple juice and 2 1/3 quarts of orange juice. Then, she adds 1 1/12 quarts of seltzer to make punch. How much more juice than seltzer does Mrs. Lomas use to make punch?
2 12/12 or 3
Write the missing power of 10 exponent for the following:
1) 0.7 x 10 ____ = 7,000
2) 0.004 x 10 _____ = 4
3) 0.98 x 10 ______ = 9.8
1) 4
2) 3
3) 1