Decimal Word Problems

Lesson 1

Problem: Alisha spent $5.08 on her hair cut $11.48 on grocery and $3.69 on miscellaneous items?

How much did she spend in total?

Solution Amount spent on hair cut $5.08

Step 1:

Solution Amount spent on grocery $11.48

Step 2:

Solution Amount spent on miscellaneous $3.69

Step 3:

Solution Total amount spent $(5.08 + 11.48 + 3.69)

Step 4:

Solution Answer $20.3

Step 5:

Complete

Try two practice problems:

Calculate:

A. How many cube each with a side of 4.5 cm can fit in completely in a rectangle

with a length of 8 cm and width of 8.5 cm?

B. A wire of length 75.5 cm is divided into 8 equal parts. Find length of each part.