Decimal Story Problems

1.

School lunches cost $14.50 per week. About how much would 18
weeks of lunches cost?

2. A student earns $11.75 per hour for gardening. If she worked 21

hours this month, then how much did she earn?

3. A store owner has 7.11 lbs. of candy. If she puts the candy into 9

jars, how much candy will each jar contain?

4. The sticker on Dean's new car states that the car averages 32.6

miles per gallon. If the fuel tank holds 15 gallons, then how far can
Dean travel on one full tank of gas?

5. It rained 0.82 inches on Monday. On Tuesday, it rained 0.59 inches

less than on Monday. How much did it rain on Tuesday?

6. Tucker bought 3.1 pounds of potatoes and 7.234 pounds of carrots.

How many pounds of vegetables did he buy in all?

7. A train traveled at the same speed for 2 hours. It went 83 miles in

all. How fast was the train going?

8. Paul will pay for his new car in 36 monthly payments. If his car loan

is for $14,004, then how much will Paul pay each month?