Word Problems
Nathan is making a scale model of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. The Space Needle is 605.0 feet tall. If the model is 1/100 the actual size of the Space Needle, how tall is the model?
6.05
27 × 35 =
27 × 3.5 =
0.27× 35 =
2.7 × 35
945
94.5
9.45
94.5
Kara is shading a 10-by-10 grid to show 0.09 × 4. How should Kara shade the model?
How many groups? How many squares total?
She would shade 4 groups of 9 squares for a total of 36.
At a dry cleaning store, it costs $1.79 to clean a man’s dress shirt and 6 times as much to clean a suit.
Jeff is making a shelf to store his collection of rocks and shells. He is using 5 pieces of wood that are each 3.25 feet long. How much wood will Jeff use to make the shelf?
16.25
True or False
0.48 × 10 = 4.8
True
Jozian and Liam need to figure out how much a rock that weighs 7 pounds on Earth would weigh on Mars. They know they can multiply the amount the rock weighs on Earth by 0.38 to find its weight on Mars. What are the partial products Mari and Rob would need to add to find the product of 7 and 0.38?
0.56 and 2.1
True or False
0.01 × 100 = 0.1
False
Keturah, Darby, and Orion went to an amusement park. Keturah spent $16.25 at the amusement park. Darby spent $3.40 more than Keturah spent. Orion spent 2 times as much money as Darby spent. How much money did Orion spend at the amusement park?
$39.30
True or False
0.50 × 1,000 = 500
True