Understanding Decimals
(5 x 1) + (2 x 1/10 ) + (6 x 1/100 ) in word form
five and two hundred six thousandths
Maria bought 3.75 meters of ribbon for a craft project. Later, she bought another 2.4 meters. If she uses 4.1 meters of ribbon for a project, how much ribbon does she have left?
What is 2.05 meters?
A rectangle has a length of 9.6 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. This is the area, in square centimeters, of the rectangle.
What is 62.4 square centimeters?
0.03 kilometers = ______ meters
What is 30 meters?
Jessica has a rectangular walkway that is 21 yards long and 2/3 yard wide. This is the area of Jessica’s walkway in square yards.
What is 14 yards2?
A number has 3 ones, 0 hundredths, 7 thousandths, and 4 tenth
What is 3.407?
Giselle weighed two different samples of chemicals in her science class. The first sample weighed 39.05 grams. The second weighed 56.7 grams. She then mixed the two chemicals together. This is the weight of the combined samples.
What is 95.75 grams?
Marcie buys 12 iced teas for the people in her office. Each iced tea costs $1.72. This is how much Marcie pays for the iced teas.
What is $20.64?
A pencil is 15 centimeters long. How long is it in meters?
What is 0.15 meters?
Sally purchased 24 pencils. 1/8 of the pencils are blue. 1/6 of the pencils are red. This is the number of pencils that are not blue or red.
What is 17 pencils?
Which is greater:
A) 4 + 0.09 + 0.006
B) 4 + 0.9 + 0.006
What is B
Luis earned $2.50 the first day he opened his lemonade stand. He earned $4.00 on the second day, and he earned $5.50 on the third day. If this pattern continues, this is the amount of money he will earn on the seventh day.
What is $11.50?
Keisha and Josiah bought 8 boxes of crayons for $1.75 each. They split the cost evenly between themselves. This is how much each of them paid.
What is $7.00?
Ms. Hayes’ water jug weighs 1.03 kilograms. This is how many grams the jug weighs.
What is 1030 grams?
Seventy-five students attended the school dance. Each of the students chose either fruit punch or lemonade to drink. One-fifth of the students chose fruit punch. This is the number of students who chose lemonade.
What is 60 students?
Jill reads 2.304 as “two and three hundred four hundredths.” Is Jill correct? If not, what is the correct reading?
What is two and three hundred four thousandths?
Tammy walked dogs for two weeks. The first week, she earned $5.75. The second week, she earned $12.50. Then she babysat and earned $22.50. Finally, she spent $6.25 on a new book.
This is the amount of money Tammy had after earning and spending her money.
What is $34.50?
Maggie bought 9 pears for $3.78. She also bought 12 avocados for $1.29 each. This is the amount of money Maggie spent on fruit.
What is $49.50?
Jane’s guinea pig weighs 950 grams. Larry’s rabbit weights 2.20 kilograms. This is the pet that weighs the most.
What is Larry's?
Laura had a rectangular garden. She planted carrots in 3/8 of her garden. She divided the remaining section of her garden into two parts. Of those parts, she planted onions in 4 parts. This is the fractional part of the whole garden that she had left to plant.
What is 3/8 of the garden?
Jacqueline writes 0.56 and 0.506 and says they are equal because they both have 5 and 6. What is the mistake?
What is place value matters, not just digits?
Lacy and Gerald gave their heights for a school survey. Lacy’s height is 51.25 inches. Gerald’s height is 46.65 inches. This is how many inches taller Lacy is than Gerald.
What is 4.6 inches?
This is the area of a rectangle with a length of 24.2 cm and a width of 12.4 cm.
What is 300.08 cm?
Ms. Clark’s classroom is 12.25 meters long. If Ms. Barker’s classroom is 2 meters longer than Ms. Clark’s, this is the length of Ms. Barker’s classroom in centimeters.
What is 1425 cm?
Tori ran 1 7/8 miles each day for 6 days. Then, she ran 3 1/2 miles each day for 6 more days. This is how many miles she ran in those 12 days.
What is 32 1/4 miles?