Grade 6: Decimal Story Problems
This worksheet helps sixth-grade students practice solving real-world decimal story problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals.
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Read each story problem carefully and solve it. Show your work.
1. Maria bought a book for $12.75 and a pen for $3.50. How much did she spend in total?
2. A ribbon was 15.25 meters long. Sarah cut off 4.8 meters for a project. How much ribbon is left?
3. A baker uses 0.75 kg of flour for one cake. If he bakes 5 cakes, how much flour does he use?
4. The cost of one pencil is $0.85. How much would 12 pencils cost?
5. A rope is 24.6 meters long. If it is cut into 3 equal pieces, how long is each piece?
6. John paid $18.75 for 5 pounds of apples. What was the price per pound?
7. A car traveled 150.5 miles in 2.5 hours. Its average speed was miles per hour.
8. Sarah had $50.00. She spent $15.25 on groceries and $7.80 on coffee. She has left.
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