Place Value & Rounding Decimals
A scientist compared these two measurements
13.068 kg ____ 13.608 kg
Which symbol makes this comparison true?
13.068 kg < 13.608 kg
David added 14 to the product of 224 and 16. What is the sum?
3,598
Georgia Perimeter College has about 20,000
students. Gainesville College has 0.2 as many
students. How many students does Gainesville
College have?
4,000
The weight of sand in a large bag is 63.4 pounds. The sand in the bag is divided into 20 small bags.
What is the weight in pounds of sand in each of the small bags?
3.17 lb
1/4 + 0.30
0.55
Which comparison is not true?
A) 3.375 > 3.275
B) 6.875 <6.9
C) 2.65 > 2.675
D) 7.675 < 7.75
C
A shop ordered 362 candles for $15 dollars each. What is the total cost of the candles?
5,430
Kathy earns $14.75 per hour at her baby-sitting
job. On Sunday she worked 7 hours. What
were her total earnings for the day?
103.25
Mr.Adams drove his delivery truck 151.2 miles during 24 days. He drove the same number of miles each day.
How many miles did Mr.Adams drive each day?
6.3 mi
Colin hiked 0.3 miles from his campsite to a stream. The he hiked 3.5 miles to a waterfall. What is the total number of miles that Colin hiked?
0.9
or
9/10
Mr.Avalos has 9.375 liters of paint. What is this number rounded to the nearest hundredth?
9.38
There are 127 rows of apple trees on a farm. There are 53 apple trees in each row.
What is the total number of apple trees on the farm?
6,731
A tissue box is 12.02 centimeters in width.
What is the total width of 13 tissue boxes on a
shelf?
156.26
A cafeteria worker used 8.05 kilograms of meat to make 35 school lunches. Each lunch had the same amount of meat.
What was the mass in kilograms of the meat in each lunch?
.23 kg
Ms. Hall has a 3/4 inch piece of black fabric to make a tablecloth. She cut 0.3 inches off to the side. How much fabric does she have remaining?
0.45
A number rounded to the nearest hundredth is 384.93. The original number is greater than 384.93.
What could be the number?
384.931
384.932
384.933
384.934
T-Mobile sells 625 cell phones in one week. In 31 weeks, how many cell phones will T-Mobile sell?
19,375
During 2002, Rachel ran 8 cross-country
races. The total distance she ran was 22.4 miles. Each race was the same distance. How
many miles did she run in each race?
179.2
Ms.Jaffey had a total of 428.5 ounces of pretzels to put into 5 bowls for a party. She put an equal number of ounces of pretzels into each bowl.
How many ounces of pretzels did Ms.Jaffey put into each bowl?
85.7 oz
Mr. Epps has 2.5 pounds of ice cream in his freezer. He went to buy another container that has 4/5 pounds of ice cream in it. How much ice cream does he have in his freezer now?
3.3 pounds
Kennedy rounds a decimal number to the nearest tenth, then records the rounded number as shown.
124.6
What 2 numbers could Kennedy have used to round to the nearest tenth?
124.06 , 124.55, 124.056, 124.51, 124.615
124.55 & 124.615
Last month a flower shop employee ordered 48 cases of roses. There were 144 roses in each case.
How many roses did this employee order?
6,912
Howard bought 16.5 pounds of hamburger for
the barbeque. Each pound cost $2.36. How
much did Howard spend in total on the
hamburger?
38.94
Ms.Sikes paid a total of $95.40 for a 12-month magazine subscription. She paid the same amount each month.
What amount did Ms.Sikes pay each month?
$7.95
Three students each ran part of a race. The total length of the race was 2 1/4 miles.
The first student ran 3/4 miles.
The second student ran 0.65 miles.
The third student ran the remaining part of the race.
What is the distance in miles that the third student ran?
0.85