Decimals Word Problems
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Decimals Word Problems
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1. Sharon purchased six adult movie tickets. She spent $43.50 on the tickets. How much was each ticket?
2. Katie ran 11.1 miles over the last three days. How many miles did she average per day?
3. Mrs. Hartill drove 3.1 miles to the grocery store, then 4.25 miles to the salon, and 10.8 miles to her son’s house. How many miles did she drive altogether?
4. Bill traveled 117 miles in 2.25 hours. What was his average speed?
5. What is the smallest possible number that can be created with four decimal places using the numbers 3, 5, 6, and 8?
6. The following are four times from a 400-meter race. Which is the fastest time?
7. 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?
8. Linda bought 35 yards of fencing at $4.88 a yard. How much did she spend?
9. Tom is cutting a piece of wood to make a shelf. He cut the wood to 3.5 feet, but it is too long to fit in the bookshelf he is making. He decides to cut 0.25 feet off the board. How long will the board be after he makes the cut?
10. Which of the following numbers will yield a number larger than 23.4 when it is multiplied by 23.4?
11. Which of the following numbers is equivalent to 12.087?
12. Which number below is described by the following statements The hundredths digit is 4 and the tenths digit is twice the thousandths digit. ?
13. A librarian is returning library books to the shelf. She uses the call numbers to determine where the books belong. She needs to place a book about perennials with a call number of 635.93. Between which two call numbers should she place the book?
14. George worked from 7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. with a 45-minute break. If George earns $10.50 per hour and does not get paid for his breaks, how much will he earn (Round to the nearest cent.) ?
15. Last year’s budget was 12.5 million dollars. This year’s budget is 14.1 million dollars. How much did the budget increase?
16. 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?
17. How will the decimal point move when 245.398 is multiplied by 100?
18. Which number falls between 5.56 and 5.81?
19. Kevin ran 6.8 miles yesterday and 10.4 miles today. How many more miles did he run today?
20. Which of the following decimals is the greatest number?
21. Divide 6.8 × 105 by 2.0 × 102. Write your answer in scientific notation. ?
22. Ryan’s gym membership costs him $390 per year. He pays this in twelve equal installments a year. How much is each installment?
23. It takes the moon an average of 27.32167 days to circle the earth. Round this number to the nearest thousandth. ?
24. If 967.234 is divided by 10, how will the decimal point move?
25. Marci filled her car’s gas tank on Monday, and the odometer read 32,461.3 miles. On Friday when the car’s odometer read 32,659.7 miles, she filled the car’s tank again. It took 12.4 gallons to fill the tank. How many miles to the gallon does Marci’s car get?