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Decimal word problems: mixed operations

Year 7 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Read the story and decide whether to add, subtract, multiply or divide.

  1. One piece of ribbon is 8.6 m and another piece of ribbon is 1.2 m. How many more m is the first one?
  2. One bottle of juice is 5.3 L and another bottle of juice is 7.6 L. How many L are there in total?
  3. Each bottle of juice is 3.2 L. How many L are there in 4 of them?
  4. One bag of flour is 9.2 kg and another bag of flour is 2.9 kg. How many kg are there in total?
  5. A total of 67.2 kg is split equally into 8 parts. How many kg is each part?
  6. One plank is 15.32 m and another plank is 16.68 m. How many m are there in total?
  7. Each plank is 19.34 m. How many m are there in 3 of them?
  8. Each plank is 6.87 m. How many m are there in 5 of them?
  9. A total of 254.4 L is split equally into 6 parts. How many L is each part?
  10. A total of 157.0 m is split equally into 10 parts. How many m is each part?
  11. One parcel is 38.7 kg and another parcel is 22.3 kg. How many more kg is the first one?
  12. A total of 101.6 m is split equally into 8 parts. How many m is each part?
  13. One plank is 50.6 m and another plank is 73.1 m. How many m are there in total?
  14. One bag of flour is 14.097 kg and another bag of flour is 12.8 kg. How many more kg is the first one?
  15. Each plank is 20.54 m. How many m are there in 5 of them?
  16. A total of 176.56 kg is split equally into 8 parts. How many kg is each part?
  17. One parcel is 656.64 kg and another parcel is 264.96 kg. How many more kg is the first one?
  18. A total of 774.48 kg is split equally into 12 parts. How many kg is each part?
  19. One piece of ribbon is 856.64 m and another piece of ribbon is 174.7 m. How many more m is the first one?
  20. One parcel is 343.1 kg and another parcel is 128.2 kg. How many more kg is the first one?
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Answer key: Decimal word problems: mixed operations

  1. 7.4
  2. 12.9
  3. 12.8
  4. 12.1
  5. 8.4
  6. 32
  7. 58.02
  8. 34.35
  9. 42.4
  10. 15.7
  11. 16.4
  12. 12.7
  13. 123.7
  14. 1.297
  15. 102.7
  16. 22.07
  17. 391.68
  18. 64.54
  19. 681.94
  20. 214.9