Decimal Subtraction
Unit Form to Standard Form
Story Problems
Multiplying
Dividing
100

6.43 - 2.11

4.32

100

6 tenths

0.6

100

Ariana Grande cuts 4 pieces of string to make friendship bracelets.  Each piece is 5 tenths long. What is the total length of string?

4 x 0.5 = 2 or 2.0

100

2 x 36 hundredths

72 hundredths or 0.72

100

0.7 divided by 2

0.35

200

8.12 - 3.13

4.99

200

45 hundredths

0.45

200

Bad Bunny has no friends so he buys 18 meters of fabric to make t-shirts.  If each t-shirt needs 2 meters of fabric how many t-shirts can he make?

9 t-shirts

200

3 x 1.02

3.06

200

3.9 divided by 6

0.65

300

2.68 - 1.79

0.89

300

7 tenths + 8 hundredths

0.78

300

Karol G's got that money so she wants to make diamond necklaces during indoor recess.  Each necklace is 27 hundredths meters long.  If she makes 6 necklaces, what is the total length of the necklaces?

1.62 m

300

4 x 5.38

21.52

300

9 divided by 4

2.25

400

5.17 - 4.28

0.89

400

7 tenths + 67 hundredths

1.37

400

Mr. H forgot how to do math so Ariana took over.  She said that 0.48 divided by 6 is 0.08, but Melanie said it's 0.8.  Jessica said that they're both wrong, it's 8.0 instead.  Who is right?

Ariana is right

400

6 x 3.18

19.08

400

9.4 divided 4

2.35

500

10.25 - 6.39

3.86

500

5 tenths + 91 hundredths

1.41

500

Shakira quit singing to become a carpenter.  She wants to make chairs using wood from Home Depot even though she doesn't know how to build anything. She buys 29.4 lbs of wood to make 7 chairs. If each chair requires the same amount of wood, how much wood does she need for each chair?

4.2 lbs of wood for each chair

500

8 x 2.35 

18.8 or 18.80

500

91 divided by 8

11.375