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Decimal Word Problems
1. The price of a pencil case is $4.80. How much do 13 such pencil cases cost?

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2. In a bag, 0.3 of the marbles are blue, 0.26 of the marbles are red and the rest are yellow.
What percentage of the marbles are yellow?

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3. There is 0.725 kg of powdered milk in each tin. If a carton contains 15 tins, find the total
mass of powdered milk in the carton.

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4. Kate had 1.65kg of flour. She used of it to bake a cake and kept the rest. How much
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flour was left?

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5. Mrs Tan needed 2 m of a cloth to make a curtain. How much cloth would she need to
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make 8 curtains. Express your answer in decimals.

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6. Annie ate 30% of a cake and Becky ate 30% of the remainder. How much of the cake
was left? Express your answer in decimals.

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7. 1 kg of chicken cost $4.65 and 1 kg of beef cost $2.30. Sandra bought 14 kg of chicken
and 20 kg of beef to prepare for a party. How much did she pay altogether?

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8. Sandy earns $7.70 per hour working at a restaurant. Last week, Sandy worked for 14.5
hours. How much money did Sandy earn last week?

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9. A hair dryer was sold at $36. Janet had to pay a GST of 7% on top of the selling price.
She gave $100 to the cashier. How much change would she get back?

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10. A papaya was sold at $5.30 per 200g. Jane bought 3 papayas with a total weight of 1.5kg.
How much did she have to pay altogether?

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