Multiplying Decimals by Decimals
Decimals Word Problems
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100

0.6×0.5

0.3

100

Marie has 0.5 kilograms of sugar. She doubles the recipe. How many kilograms of sugar does she need?

1 kilogram

100

Explain where the decimal point goes in the product 0.2×0.3 and find the product.

The teacher has to check the answer

200

1.2×0.4

0.48

200

Every school year, Sally buys brand new pencils to put in her pencil case. A pencil costs 0.75 dollars. How much do 4 pencils cost?

$3.00

200

When dividing a decimal by a whole number, how do you know where to put the decimal in the quotient?

The teacher will check your answer

300

3.25×0.2

0.65

300

A ribbon is 2.5 meters long. Cut the ribbon into 5 equal pieces. How long is each piece?

0.5 meters

300

Charlie is baking cookies for the school fundraiser. He mixes 3.4 cups of chocolate chips and 7.8 cups of m&m. He wants to make 13 batches. How many chocolate chips and M&M's will he need?

145.6 cups

400

4.6×7.5

34.5

400

A baker uses 3.6 cups of flour to make one batch of cookies. How much flour for 7 batches?

25.2 cups

400

Marcus wants to make a giant fruit salad. He mixes 18.4 liters of chopped melon with 12.6 liters of grapes. He wants to divide the entire mixture equally into 8 serving bowls. How many liters of fruit salad will Marcus put into each bowl?

Each bowl will contain 3.875 liters of fruit salad.

500

12.3×6.06

74.538

500

A truck carries 123.5 liters of water. The driver pours equal amounts into 25 containers. How many liters per container?

4.94 liters

500

John has $5.76.  He wants to buy markers at the school store.  Each marker costs $0.48.  Write a division question and a related multiplication equation he could use to find how many markers he can buy.

5.76 / 0.48 = c

0.48 x c =5.76

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