Decimals

1. John needs $2.50. He has $0.75. How much more money does he need?

2. A swimmer is in a 100 meter race. She swims the first half of the race in 32.34
seconds and the last half of the race in 34.83 seconds. How long did it take her to
swim the whole race?

3. Jane buys an apple for $0.75 and pays with a $5.00 bill. How much change will she
get?

4. walks 0.7 miles to school and Nina walks 0.4 miles to school. How much farther
does John walk than Nina?

5. One pencil weighs 28.3 grams. How much do 5 pencils weigh?

6. Jasmine has a ribbon that is 12.6 metres long. Sharon has a ribbon that is 3.8 metres
shorter. What is the total length of the two ribbons?

7. Jug A has 2.17 litres of water and Jug B has 0.79 litres less water than Jug A. Find
the total volume of water in the two jugs.

8. Coconut tree is 7.6 metres tall and a mango tree is 3.4 metres shorter than the
coconut tree. Find the total height of the two trees.

9. Sack A contains 32.5 kg of potatoes and Sack B contains 3.7 kg more potatoes than
Sack A. Find the total mass of potatoes in the two sacks.

10. Rebecca saved $175.35 in June and $132.50 in July. Then she bought a bicycle for
$195.80. How much of her savings from June and July was left?

11. Tania’s mass was 46.9 kg and Eliza’s mass was 51.2 kg. Six months later, Tania
gained 1.8 kg, but Eliza lost 2.1 kg. Find their new total mass.

12. Rachel and Sarah spent $8 for gasoline, $15.65 for their lunch, and $5 apiece for
gifts for Grandma. Grandma gave each of them $10. If the girls left home with a total
of $50, how much do they have for the return trip?

13. Jill bought items costing $3.45, $1.99, $6.59, and $12.98. She used a voucher worth
$2.50. If Jill had $50.00 when she went into the store, how much did she have when
she left?