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Decimal Operations Word Problems

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Decimal Operations Word Problems

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🛒 Part 1: Multiplying Decimals - Shopping Problems

1. Sarah buys 3.5 pounds of apples at $2.40 per pound. How much does she pay for the apples?

Answer: $ __________

2. A recipe calls for 2.8 cups of flour. If Jake wants to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour will he need in total?

Answer: __________ cups

3. Gas costs $3.65 per gallon. How much will 12.4 gallons cost?

Answer: $ __________

4. A carpenter needs boards that are each 1.75 feet long. If he cuts 8 boards, what is the total length of all the boards?

Answer: __________ feet

📐 Part 2: Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers

5. Maria has 15.6 ounces of paint to divide equally among 4 art projects. How much paint will each project get?

Answer: __________ ounces

6. A rope that is 28.8 feet long needs to be cut into 6 equal pieces. How long will each piece be?

Answer: __________ feet

7. The school cafeteria ordered 45.5 pounds of ground beef to make hamburgers for 7 classes. If the beef is divided equally, how many pounds will each class get?

Answer: __________ pounds

8. Tom ran 26.4 miles over 8 days, running the same distance each day. How many miles did he run per day?

Answer: __________ miles

🧠 Part 3: Multi-Step Problems

9. At the farmers market, oranges cost $1.25 per pound. Lisa buys 4.8 pounds of oranges and pays with a $10 bill. How much change should she receive?

Change: $ __________

10. A bakery made 84.6 ounces of cookie dough. They want to make 9 equal batches of cookies. How many ounces of dough will be in each batch?

Answer: __________ ounces per batch

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