Deck 2: Decimals

Question 1

An electrical contractor started the day with 284.2 feet of 10 gauge copper wire. He used 42.5 feet on one job and 114.8 feet on another job. How many feet of wire did he have at the end of the day?​

Answer 1

​42.5 + 114.8 = 157.3; 284.2 - 157.3 = 126.9 feet

Question 2

A fruit vendor had $467.98 cash on hand in the morning. Total cash receipts after selling fruits during afternoon were $984.56 and during night were $2,573.69. The fruit vendor gave $3,300 cash to the owner of the store at closing time. What was the amount of cash on hand?​

Answer 2

​$467.98 + $984.56 + $2,573.69 = $4026.23; $4026.23 - $3,300.00 = $726

Question 3

Round each monetary amount to the nearest cent; round the nonmonetary numbers to the nearest thousandth.​
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a.$0.24499 ________________
b.$36.4451 ________________
c.0.69164 pounds ________________
d.2.63151 gallons ________________
e.2.375388 feet ________________

Answer 3

Question 4

A salesperson drives 74.9 miles on Monday, 59.8 on Tuesday, 65.5 on Wednesday, and 86.4 on Thursday. On Friday the salesperson stayed home. What was the total distance traveled last week?​

Question 5

A restaurant had 18.6 pounds of pork on Wednesday morning and received 20.9 pounds on Wednesday. On Thursday morning it had 9.8 pounds on hand. How many pounds did it use on Wednesday?​

Question 6

A hardware store sells most kinds of nails by the pound. A contractor bought 6.8 pounds of roofing nails, 7.7 pounds of "10-penny" nails, and 8.2 pounds of "8-penny" nails. Compute the total pounds of nails that the contractor bought.​

Question 7

Use words to write each number that is expressed in digits.
a.0.7008 ___________________________________________________________
b.12.7344 __________________________________________________________
c.4.00961 __________________________________________________________

Question 8

A pharmacy started the month with $124.57 worth of dental floss. During the month, it received dental floss worth $42.44 and sold dental floss worth $89.95. Compute the value of the remaining dental floss.​

Question 9

A production engineer wanted to know how long it should take to make metal rods with a lathe. Four rods were made, and the time was recorded. The results were 28.5 seconds, 29.2 seconds, 31.8 seconds, and 29.7 seconds. Compute the total time to make all four rods.​

Question 10

A grocery store had 76.4 pounds of chicken in refrigeration on Friday morning. During the day, customers purchased 48.9 pounds, and 8.8 pounds were waste and thrown away. Calculate the number of pounds that were left on Friday night.​

Question 11

On April 12, a tax accountant took six tax returns to the post office. They weighed 4.2, 7.7, 8.5, 6.3 8.1, and 6.3 ounces. Determine the total weight in ounces.​

Question 12

A pet store had $468.42 cash on hand. It received cash payments of $62.88 and $59.14. It paid out $56.50 to have the windows washed. Determine the amount of cash the pet store had left.​

Question 13

A cake cafe had 50 pastries on Monday morning and received 20 pastries on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday morning it had 10 pastries on hand. How many pastries did it use on Monday?​

Question 14

​A fresh produce wholesaler shipped 247.8 pounds of apples, 166.3 pounds of pears, and 109.7 pounds of plums to three small neighborhood grocery stores. What was the total weight of the fruit shipped?

Question 15

A restaurant had $356.87 cash on hand in the morning. Total cash receipts were $873.45 from lunch and $1,462.58 from dinner. The restaurant gave $2,200 cash to a security service at closing time. What was the amount of cash on hand?​

Question 16

Use words to write each number that is expressed in digits.​
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a.4.284 ___________________________________________________________
b.207.0027 ________________________________________________________
c.6.099 ___________________________________________________________

Question 17

Use digits to write each number that is expressed in words.​
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a.Eighteen and fifteen thousandths ________________
b.Seven and twenty-five thousandths ________________
c.Four hundred eighty-eight ten-thousandths ________________

Question 18

​Use words to write each number that is expressed in digits.
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a.0.6009 ___________________________________________________________
b.14.3476 __________________________________________________________
c.7.00583__________________________________________________________

Question 19

Use digits to write each number that is expressed in words.​
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a.Thirty-five thousandths ________________
b.Five hundred thousand six and twelve thousandths ________________
c.Five thousand two hundred-thousandths ________________

Question 20

​Three boxes of pears weighing 32.4, 33.8, and 33.4 pounds were shipped. Compute the total weight.

Question 21

Solve the following multiplication and division problems by moving the decimal point to the right or left.
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a.745.6 ounces ¸ 1000 = ________________
b.$47.50 ´ 10 = ________________
c.0.036 gallons ´ 10,000 = ________________
d.$71.50 ¸ 10 = ________________
e.212.75 yards ´ 100 = ________________

Question 22

Multiply; round off monetary products to the nearest cent. Do not round off the non-monetary products.
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a.$0.625 ´ 8,000
b.4.7807 ´ 1.309
c.$27.35 ´ 16.75

Question 23

On Tuesday, a produce market sold 11.8 pounds of tangerines, 18.3 pounds of oranges, and 12.5 pounds of grapefruit. On Saturday, it sold 19.4 pounds of tangerines, 31.7 pounds of oranges, and 22.6 pounds of grapefruit. How many more pounds of these fruits did the market sell on Saturday than on Tuesday?

Question 24

Multiply; round off monetary products to the nearest cent. Do not round off the non-monetary products.
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a.326.3 ´ 1.065
b.$76.44 ´ 6.7
c.$25.65 ´ 4.27

Question 25

Solve the following multiplication and division problems by moving the decimal point to the right or left.
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a.$41.00 ¸ 100 = ________________
b.6.34 pints ´ 1,000 = ________________
c.5,280 feet ¸ 1,000 = ________________
d.$15.42 ´ 10,000 = ________________
e.7.47 yards ´ 100 = ________________

Question 26

Solve the following multiplication and division problems by moving the decimal point to the right or left.
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a.$23.00 ¸ 100 = ________________
b.7.45 yards ´ 1,000 = ________________
c.6,391 pints ¸ 1,000 = ________________
d.$26.53 ´ 10,000 = ________________
e.8.58 gallons ´ 100 = ________________

Question 27

Divide; round off monetary quotients to the nearest cent; round non-monetary quotients to four decimal places.
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a.$72.63 ¸ 5.4
b.112.25 ¸ 8.27
c.$306.03 ¸ 5.05

Question 28

​A landscaping firm brought three trucks loaded with topsoil to a job site. Two trucks carried 7.75 cubic yards each, and one truck carried 5.25 cubic yards. When the job was finished, 3.5 cubic yards remained. Find the number of cubic yards used.

Question 29

Divide; round off monetary quotients to the nearest cent; round non-monetary quotients to four decimal places.
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a.4.4868 ¸ 2.53
b.7.52 ¸ 0.45
c.$154.75 ¸ 75

Question 30

Divide; round off monetary quotients to the nearest cent; round non-monetary quotients to four decimal places.
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a.$17.55 ¸ 7
b.13.115 ¸ 3.28
c.1.32 ¸ 0.16

Question 31

Divide; round off monetary quotients to the nearest cent; round non-monetary quotients to four decimal places.
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a.12.6 ¸ 0.692
b.627.17 ¸ 1.7
c.$12.25 ¸ 40

Question 32

Divide; round off monetary quotients to the nearest cent; round non-monetary quotients to four decimal places.
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a.$5.92 ¸ 0.25
b.$1,524.50 ¸ 310
c.6.275 ¸ 13

Question 33

Multiply; round off monetary products to the nearest cent. Do not round off the non-monetary products.
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a.5.95 ´ 0.025
b.$45.83 ´ 21.6
c.470.028 ´ 0.0906

Question 34

To promote good employee health, the cafeteria at a corporation serves many fresh vegetables. It bought 21.4 pounds of celery, 33.2 pounds of carrots, 8.6 pounds of radishes, 12.8 pounds of broccoli, and 52.6 pounds of lettuce. What was the total weight of the vegetables purchased?​

Question 35

Multiply; round off monetary products to the nearest cent. Do not round off the non-monetary products.
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a.31.402 ´ 6.55
b.$15.375 ´ 600
c.16.54 ´ 3.93

Question 36

Divide; round off monetary quotients to the nearest cent; round non-monetary quotients to four decimal places.
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a.0.038 ¸ 0.007
b.$358.88 ¸ 11.6
c.0.45409 ¸ 0.649

Question 37

​An office administrator finished word processing a two-page letter and its envelope in 13.8 minutes. He entered page one of the letter in 5.9 minutes and entered page two in 4.8 minutes. Compute the time that he spent printing the letter and preparing the envelope. (i.e., not entering the two pages of text).

Question 38

Multiply; round off monetary products to the nearest cent. Do not round off the non-monetary products.
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a.$46.82 ´ 14.1
b.0.625 ´ 0.25
c.$427.79 ´ 8.7

Question 39

When it opened on Monday morning, a local delicatessen had 26.8 pounds of salami. During the week, it received a shipment of 84.9 pounds of salami. Also during the week, it used 42.8 pounds of salami in sandwiches and sold 34.2 pounds in bulk to retail customers. How much salami remained at the end of the week?

Question 40

Multiply; round off monetary products to the nearest cent. Do not round off the non-monetary products.
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a.5.193 ´ 6.2
b.$4.87 ´ 25.2
c.9.486 ´ 0.037

Question 41

Oscar's new pickup truck travels 30.8 miles on one gallon of gasoline. Compute the gallons of gasoline that his truck would use on a 450-mile journey. (Round to the nearest tenth.)

Question 42

Oswald Garden Service charges $16.55 per hour per man for general yard maintenance, but charges $22.75 per hour for cement work and tree removal. Compute their total charges for a job which took 9.8 man-hours of general yard maintenance work and 3.6 man-hours of tree removal. (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 43

The wholesale price of a plastic irrigation bubbler is 25 cents. How many plastic bubblers can be purchased for $165? (Round to the nearest whole number.)

Question 44

A hardware store sells rubber tubing by the foot. If a seventy-five-foot roll of tubing eventually sells for a total of $54, how much did the store charge per foot? (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 45

Rubber washers are sold for 37.5 cents per dozen, wholesale. Compute the amount that will be charged for 480 dozen washers. (Round to the nearest dollar.)

Question 46

Julian's City Hardware store sells single strand 12-gauge copper electrical wire at 18 cents per foot. The same wire also comes in a 250-foot roll for $37.49 a roll. At the 18 cents per foot price, how many feet would the customer be able to purchase for $37.49? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

Question 47

Waterfront Restaurant sells "chili-to-go" for $8.75 per quart. Using 1 gallon = 4 quarts, compute cost of 1.75 gallons of chili. (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 48

The former owner of a used car told the new buyer that the car could travel for 36.4 miles on one gallon of gasoline. The buyer tested the car by driving it for 170 miles on 4.5 gallons of gasoline. Was this better or worse than the claim, and by how many miles per gallon? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

Question 49

Eleanor Gunther earned $102.60 for working 6.75 hours. What was Eleanor's rate of pay per hour? (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 50

High school student Kevin Parris worked after school for 3.8 hours on Wednesday and 4.25 hours on Friday. Calculate the amount that Kevin earned at $8.65 per hour. (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 51

An automobile repair facility recently purchased a 200-foot roll of flexible plastic tubing for $48.25. Compute the cost in cents per foot. (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 52

Large aluminum tubing costs $1.27 per foot. At that price, what will be the total cost of 1,500 feet of the tubing? (Round to the nearest dollar.)

Question 53

Bill Pierson buys a 125-foot roll of latex tubing for $35. Bill cuts the tubing into shorter pieces and resells all of it for a total of $57.50. Compute Bill's profit per foot. (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 54

In the winter, imported red bell peppers sell for $4.99 per pound. What is the total price of six red peppers which have a combined weight of 3.16 pounds? (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 55

David's Delicatessen sells macaroni salad for $1.15 per half-pint. Using 1 quart = 2 pints, compute the cost of 4.25 quarts of macaroni salad. (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 56

Betsy's new car travels 36.4 miles on one gallon of gasoline. How far can her car go on 8.25 gallons of gasoline? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

Question 57

The wholesale price of 6-ounces plastic bottles is 6 cents. How many plastic bottles can be purchased for $100? (Round to the nearest whole number.)

Question 58

A certain cut of beef costs $7.59 per pound, and a similar cut of pork costs $5.19 per pound. What is the total cost of 3.25 pounds of the beef and 3.75 pounds of the pork? (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 59

A warehouse store sells a package of 125 steel washers for $2.75. What is the price per washer when they are purchased in this package? (Find the price to the nearest tenth of a cent.)

Question 60

Kathy Reynolds, a college student, works as a part-time retail clerk in a clothing store. Kathy can buy clothes at a discount and earns $12.45 per hour. Compute her earnings for a week when she worked 17.25 hours. (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 61

Dave Miles earns $10.60 per hour working in a restaurant on weekdays. If Dave works at least 30 hours during the week on weekdays, then he earns $15.90 per hour on the following Saturday. How much would Dave earn during a week in which he worked 36.25 hours during a week and 7.5 additional hours on the following Saturday? (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 62

Seaside Fish Market sells halibut for $16.49 per pound and red snapper for $11.69 per pound. What is the total cost of 1.55 pounds of halibut and 2.77 pounds of red snapper? (Round to the nearest cent.)

Question 63

SFM electronics sell laptops for $456 per piece and desktops for $530 per piece. What is the total cost of 10 laptops and 12 desktops? (Round to the nearest cent.)