adding and subtracting decimals
Grocery Store
Maria bought apples for $3.45 and bananas for $2.78.
How much did she spend in total?
6.23
1. Grocery Store
Apples cost $2.35 per pound. If Mrs. Lee buys 4 pounds, how much does she pay?
$9.40
1. Sharing Money
Three friends share $15.75 equally.
How much money does each friend receive?
5.25
5. Water Usage
A water tank holds 48.6 liters of water. Water is poured into containers that each hold 1.35 liters.
a) How many full containers can be filled?
b) How much water remains?
a) 48.6 ÷ 1.35 = 36 containers
b) 1.35 × 36 = 48.6 → 0 liters remain
2. Running Distance
Jamal ran 2.6 miles on Monday and 1.85 miles on Tuesday.
How many miles did he run altogether?
4.45
2. Running Practice
Jordan runs 1.75 miles each day for 6 days.
How many miles does Jordan run in total?
10.5
2. Distance per Day
A cyclist traveled 18.6 miles over 3 days.
How many miles did the cyclist travel each day?
6.2
4. Price Comparison
A store sells 5.75 pounds of coffee for $68.43.
What is the price per pound? (Round to the nearest cent.)
Price ≈ $11.90 per pound
A paintbrush costs $4.75 and a sketchbook costs $6.90.
What is the total cost of both items?
$11.65
. Fabric Length
A piece of fabric is 2.4 meters long. A tailor uses 3 pieces of the same length.
What is the total length of fabric used?
7.2
3. Cost per Pound
A bag of apples costs $9.60 and weighs 4 pounds.
What is the cost per pound?
$2.40
3. Walking Distance
Keisha walked 13.65 miles over several days. She walked the same distance each day for 4.2 days.
How far did she walk each day?
3.25 miles per day
4. Rainfall Amount
A town received 1.35 inches of rain in the morning and 0.8 inches in the afternoon.
How much rain fell that day?
2.15
4. Gas Purchase
Gas costs $3.28 per gallon. A driver buys 8.5 gallons.
How much does the gas cost?
27.88
4. Pouring Juice
You have 7.5 liters of juice that will be poured equally into 5 containers.
How much juice goes into each container?
1.5 Liters
2. Recipe Adjustment
A bakery uses 2.4 kilograms of flour to make 3.2 batches of bread.
How many kilograms of flour are used per batch?
0.75 kg per batch
5. Baking Ingredients
A recipe uses 1.25 cups of sugar and 0.75 cups of butter.
How many cups are used in all?
2.00
5. Baking Cookies
Each batch of cookies uses 0.65 cups of sugar. If a baker makes 7 batches, how much sugar is used altogether?
4.55
5. Ribbon Pieces
A 12.8-meter ribbon is cut into pieces that are each 1.6 meters long.
How many pieces are made?
8
1. Field Trip Cost
A class paid $428.75 total for buses. The cost was shared equally among 12 classrooms.
How much did each classroom pay?
428.75 ÷ 12 = 35.729…
Rounded to the nearest cent: $35.73 per classroom