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Decimal Math at the Farmers Market

Grade 5 farmers market practice: add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimal prices and weights to hundredths, with strategy and error checks.

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Aligned to5.NBT.B.7

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 13 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students add and subtract decimals to hundredths to solve price and weight problems.
  • Students multiply and divide decimals to hundredths, including a decimal by a decimal.
  • Students use place value strategies to check decimal sums, products, and quotients.

How to use

Use after students practice decimal operations with models. Have them estimate each answer first, then check that the decimal point makes sense.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.NBT.B.7

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths using models and strategies.

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Decimal Math at the Farmers Market

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide with prices and weights.

Shopping for produce

Add or subtract. Line up the decimal points and write a zero in any empty place.

1.
Priya buys a bag of apples for $3.75 and a jar of honey for $6.49. How much does she spend in all?

Total: $ 

2.
Mateo buys a basket of peaches for $7.36. He pays with a $10 bill. How much change does he get?

Change: $ 

3.
A pumpkin weighs 4.8 pounds. A squash weighs 2.65 pounds. How many pounds heavier is the pumpkin?

  pounds heavier

4.
Ruby buys cheese for $4.65 and bread for $3.80. She pays with a $10 bill. How much change does she get?
  • A. $2.55
  • B. $8.45
  • C. $1.55

Buying more than one

Multiply. Think about whether your product should be more or less than the price of one.

5.
Corn costs $0.45 for each ear. Jada buys 6 ears of corn. How much does she pay?

$ 

6.
Blueberries cost $3.20 for one pound. Omar buys 1.5 pounds. How much does he pay?

$ 

7.
Each jar holds 0.75 liter of apple cider. How many liters of cider are in 4 jars?

  liters

8.
A small bag of pecans costs $2.25. Which way gives the cost of 4 bags?
  • A. 4 × 2 + 0.25
  • B. 4 × 2 + 4 × 0.25
  • C. 4 × 0.2 + 4 × 0.25

Sharing and checking

Divide, match, and sort. Then check a farmer’s work.

9.
Three friends share the cost of a $7.50 bunch of flowers equally. How much does each friend pay?

Each friend pays $ 

10.
Ms. Ortiz has 4.8 pounds of green beans. She puts 0.6 pound in each bag. How many bags can she fill?

  bags

11.
Match each problem to its answer. One answer is not used.
  1. 6.3 ÷ 7
  2. 2.5 × 0.4
  3. 5.12 − 3.4
  4. 0.85 + 0.37
  1. A. 1.72
  2. B. 0.9
  3. C. 1.22
  4. D. 1
  5. E. 0.09
12.
Find each answer. Sort the problems by their answers.
0.5 × 1.83.6 ÷ 32.04 − 1.10.25 × 40.48 + 0.491.5 ÷ 0.5
Less than 11 or more
13.
Farmer Lee says 0.4 × 0.2 = 0.8. Is Farmer Lee right? Explain how you know.

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