✩ Real-life problems

Carlos earns $3.50 a day on his paper route. How much 3

does he earn per week? $3.50
x 7
$24.50 $24.50
When Chanté subtracts the width of her closet from the
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length of her bedroom wall she finds she has 3.65 m of 3.65
wall space left. If the closet is 0.87 m wide, what is the + 0.87
length of her bedroom wall?
4.52
4.52 m

Sophie buys her mother a bunch of flowers

for $12.95 and her brothers some candy for
$2.76. If she has $7.83 left, how much did
she start with?

If Pedro were 7.5 cm taller, he would be

twice as tall as Ian. Ian is 74.25 cm tall,
so how tall is Pedro?

Sasha is making some shelves which are

75.5 cm long. If the wood she is using is
180 cm long, how many pieces will she
need to make six shelves?

A café uses 27.5 quarts of milk a day. If

they have a weekly delivery of 180 quarts,
how much will they have left after six days?

Charles has 12.5 m of railway track. Gavin

has 8.6 m and Kristy has 4.8 m. If they put
their track together how long will their
layout be?

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