MULTI STEP DECIMAL WORD PROBLEMS WORKSHEET

Problem 1 : 

Brad’s class collected 320 cans of food. They boxed them in boxes of 40 cans each. How many boxes did they need ?

Solution

Problem 2 : 

Mr. Brown plowed 6 acres in 1 hour. At this rate, how long will it take him to plow 21 acres ?   Solution

Problem 3 : 

Lucy’s youth group raised $1,569 for charity. They decided to split the money evenly among 3 charities. How much will each charity receive ?            Solution

Problem 4 : 

Susan traveled 285 miles in 5 hours. Find her speed in miles per hour.           Solution

Problem 5 : 

A flight from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles took 5 hours and covered 3,060 miles. What was the plane’s average speed ?           Solution

Problem 6 : 

Raul’s bedroom is 288 inches long. How many yards long is the bedroom ?           Solution

Problem 7 : 

If 8.5 lbs of sea food costs $157.25, find the cost of 1 lb of sea food.              Solution

Problem 8 :

If a tailor uses 3/4 m of cloth to make a skirt, how much cloth does he need for 7 skirts ?

(A) 5 ¼ m     (B) 2 ¼ m    (C)  3 ¼ m

Solution

Problem 9 :

John made 5 cups of tea. She used ¾ teaspoonful of sugar for each cup of tea. How many teaspoonful of sugar did she use in all ?

(A) 1 ¾      (B) 3 ¾      (C)  1 ¾

Solution

Problem 10 :

Mary bought 4/3 kg  of beef. She cooked  ¾ kg of it for lunch. How much beef did she cook ?

(A) 1 kg        (B) 3 kg       (C)  4 kg

Solution

Problem 11 :

Jennifer had 18 picture cards. She gave 1/3 of them to Mary. How many picture cards does she have now ?

(A) 12        (B) 13        (C)  14

Solution

Problem 12 :

Mr.John weights 80 kg. His son is 3/5 as heavy. Find their total weight.

(A) 128 kg      (B) 135 kg    (C)  142 kg

Solution

Problem 13 :

A man gets $450 per month. He gives 1/8  of the amount to his wife and 1/6  to his children. How much will each get ?  

(A) 128          (B) 35        (C) 75

Solution

Problem 14 :

Mary poured 5/8 liter of apple juice equally in to 5 glasses. How much of apple juice was there in each glass ?

(A) 1/8 liter       (B)  1/5 liter        (C) 1/6 liter

Solution

Problem 15 :

John cuts lead strips to make stained-glass windows. He has a 3  3/4 foot strip of lead and cuts into 5 equal pieces. How long is each piece of lead ?

(A) 1/6 feet     (B)  3/4 feet     (C) 2/3 feet

Solution

Problem 16 :

Mrs.Mathew divided 3/4 kg of grapes equally among 6 children. How many kilograms of grapes did each child get ?

(A) 1/8 kg       (B)  3/11 kg     (C) 2/3 kg

Solution

Problem 17 : 

The perimeter of square piece of paper is  3/4 m. What is the length of its side ?

(A) 1/15 m      (B)  3/16 m       (C) 2/3 m

Solution

Problem 18 :

The product of two fractions is 30 1/3. One of them is 5 2/3.  Find the other ?

(A) 91/17       (B)  15/19      (C) 25/97

Solution

Problem 19 :

How many pieces of wood each ⅕ m long can be cut from a piece 3 m long ? 

(A) 18  pieces      (B)  11 pieces     (C)  15 pieces

Solution

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