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Decimals Word Problems
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1. Bill traveled 117 miles in 2.25 hours. What was his average speed?
2. Tammi’s new printer can print 13.5 pages a minute. How many pages can it print in 4 minutes?
3. Which number falls between 5.56 and 5.81?
4. A pipe has a diameter of 2.5 inches. Insulation that is 0.5 inches thick is placed around the pipe. What is the diameter of the pipe with the insulation around it?
5. The following are four times from a 400-meter race. Which is the fastest time?
6. Luis runs at a rate of 11.7 feet per second. How far does he run in 5 seconds?
7. Which of the following numbers is equivalent to 12.087?
8. A 64-ounce bottle of detergent costs $3.20. What is the cost per ounce of detergent?
9. If 967.234 is divided by 10, how will the decimal point move?
10. Martha has $20 to spend and would like to buy as many calculators as possible with the money. The calculators that she wants to buy are $4.50 each. How much money will she have left over after she purchases the greatest possible number of calculators?
11. Find the area of a circle with a radius of 6 inches. The formula for the area of a circle is A = πr2. Use 3.14 for π. ?
12. Thomas is keeping track of the rainfall in the month of May for his science project. The first day, 2.6 cm of rain fell. On the second day, 3.4 cm fell. On the third day, 2.1 cm fell. How many more cm are needed to reach the average monthly rainfall in May, which is 9.7 cm?
13. In her last gymnastics competition Keri scored a 5.6 on the floor exercise, 5.85 on the vault, and 5.90 on the balance beam. What was Keri’s total score?
14. How much greater is 0.0543 than 0.002?
15. Which of the following numbers will yield a number larger than 23.4 when it is multiplied by 23.4?
16. Mike, Dan, Ed, and Sy played together on a baseball team. Mike’s batting average was 0.349, Dan’s was 0.2, Ed’s was 0.35, and Sy’s was 0.299. Who had the highest batting average?
17. Lucas purchased his motorcycle for $5,875.98 and sold it for $7,777.77. What was his profit?
18. Round 468.235 to the nearest hundredth. ?
19. Leslie ordered a slice of pizza for $1.95, a salad for $2.25, and a soda for $1.05. What was the total cost of her order?
20. Find the product of 5.2 × 103 and 6.5 × 107. Write your answer in scientific notation. ?
21. Andy earned the following grades on his four math quizzes: 97, 78, 84, and 86. What is the average of his four quiz grades?
22. Michael made 19 out of 30 free-throws this basketball season. Larry’s free- throw average was 0.745 and Charles’ was 0.81. John made 47 out of 86 free-throws. Who is the best free-throw shooter?
23. The price of gasoline is $1.349 cents per gallon. If the price increases by three tenths of a cent, what will the price of gasoline be?
24. Mike can jog 6.5 miles per hour. At this rate, how many miles will he jog in 30 minutes?
25. Nancy, Jennifer, Alex, and Joy ran a race. Nancy’s time was 50.24 seconds, Jennifer’s was 50.32, Alex’s was 50.9, and Joy’s was 50.2. Whose time was the fastest?