Board: AU - 4

Topic(s): Adding and Subtracting decimals

Total Marks: 50
Time: 50 minutes

Name: ____________________ Class: _______ Date: ___________

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
• Circle the letter corresponding to your chosen answer (a, b, c, or d).

What is 0.3 + 0.4?

a) 0.6
b) 0.7
c) 0.8
d) 7.0

What is 0.8 - 0.2?

a) 0.6
b) 0.5
c) 1.0
d) 0.4

Find the sum of 1.5 and 0.3.

a) 1.2
b) 1.7
c) 1.8
d) 4.5

Subtract 0.5 from 2.9.

a) 2.5
b) 2.4
c) 3.4
d) 1.4

What is 0.1 more than 0.6?

a) 0.5
b) 0.7
c) 1.6
d) 0.8

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What is 0.3 less than 0.9?
a) 1.2
b) 0.7
c) 0.6
d) 0.5

Calculate 0.25 + 0.10.

a) 0.15
b) 0.35
c) 0.26
d) 3.5

A lolly costs $0.50 and a chocolate costs $0.20. What is the total cost?
a) $0.30
b) $0.60
c) $0.70
d) $7.00

What is 3.45 - 0.22?

a) 3.23
b) 3.67
c) 3.20
d) 1.25

Sarah has 0.5 of a pizza. Tom gives her 0.2 more. How much pizza does she have now?
a) 0.3
b) 0.6
c) 0.7
d) 0.52

What is 5.6 + 1.1?

a) 6.5
b) 5.7
c) 6.7
d) 4.5

Calculate 8.8 - 3.4.

a) 5.4
b) 5.2
c) 12.2
d) 5.5

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Find the sum of $2.10 and $3.40.
a) $1.30
b) $5.50
c) $5.40
d) $6.50

Find the sum of 0.7 and 0.2.

a) 0.5
b) 0.8
c) 0.9
d) 9.0

Subtract 0.4 from 0.9.

a) 1.3
b) 0.5
c) 0.6
d) 0.4

Medium (Questions 16-40)

What is 0.7 + 0.5?

a) 0.12
b) 1.2
c) 1.3
d) 0.2

Calculate 1.4 - 0.6.

a) 0.8
b) 1.2
c) 2.0
d) 0.7

What is 2.8 + 1.3?

a) 3.1
b) 4.0
c) 4.1
d) 3.11

Subtract 2.5 from 5.2.

a) 3.3
b) 2.7

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c) 3.7
d) 7.7

What is 3.45 + 1.26?

a) 4.61
b) 4.70
c) 4.71
d) 4.81

Calculate 6.72 - 3.48.

a) 3.34
b) 3.24
c) 3.36
d) 10.20

A book costs $4.50 and a pen costs $1.25. What is the total cost?
a) $5.25
b) $5.75
c) $3.25
d) $6.00

Leo had a ribbon 2.5 metres long. He cut off 0.8 metres. How much ribbon is left?
a) 3.3 metres
b) 2.3 metres
c) 1.7 metres
d) 1.3 metres

What is 4.9 + 3.2?

a) 7.1
b) 8.1
c) 8.0
d) 7.11

Subtract 1.9 from 3.1.

a) 1.2
b) 2.2
c) 5.0
d) 1.8

What is $5.00 - $2.30?

a) $3.70
b) $2.70

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c) $3.30
d) $7.30

Calculate 12.5 + 4.7.

a) 16.2
b) 17.2
c) 17.5
d) 8.8

What is 10.3 - 5.6?

a) 5.7
b) 5.3
c) 4.7
d) 15.9

A bottle contains 1.5 litres of juice. If you drink 0.6 litres, how much is left?
a) 0.8 litres
b) 1.1 litres
c) 2.1 litres
d) 0.9 litres

Find the sum of 6.8 and 2.9.

a) 9.7
b) 8.7
c) 9.6
d) 3.9

What is 7.05 + 2.35?

a) 9.30
b) 9.40
c) 9.00
d) 9.50

Calculate 9.41 - 3.50.

a) 6.91
b) 5.81
c) 5.91
d) 6.11

Mia is 1.35 metres tall. Her brother is 0.10 metres taller. How tall is her brother?
a) 1.25 metres
b) 1.45 metres

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c) 1.36 metres
d) 2.35 metres

A bag of apples weighs 2.5 kg. A bag of oranges weighs 1.8 kg. How much heavier is the
bag of apples?
a) 0.7 kg
b) 1.3 kg
c) 4.3 kg
d) 0.8 kg

What is 3 + 1.5?
a) 1.8
b) 3.15
c) 4.5
d) 2.5

Calculate 4 - 0.8.
a) 3.2
b) 4.8
c) 3.8
d) 0.4

What number is 0.5 more than 1.9?

a) 1.4
b) 2.3
c) 2.4
d) 2.5

What number is 0.8 less than 4.2?

a) 5.0
b) 3.4
c) 4.0
d) 3.6

What is $10.50 + $8.75?

a) $18.25
b) $19.25
c) $18.75
d) $2.25

Calculate 15.25 - 6.15.

a) 9.10

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b) 9.20
c) 8.10
d) 21.40

Hard (Questions 41-50)

Sam has $10.00. He buys a drink for $2.50 and a sandwich for $4.75. How much money
does he have left?
a) $7.25
b) $3.75
c) $2.75
d) $3.25

A plank of wood was 5 metres long. A piece 1.25 metres long and another piece 2.1 metres
long were cut from it. What is the length of the remaining wood?
a) 3.35 metres
b) 1.65 metres
c) 2.65 metres
d) 1.75 metres

Which calculation gives the biggest answer?

a) 10.5 - 5.5
b) 2.8 + 2.8
c) 12.1 - 6.2
d) 4.5 + 1.3

Find the missing number: 3.4 + _____ = 7.1

a) 3.7
b) 4.7
c) 10.5
d) 3.6

Find the missing number: _____ - 2.8 = 4.9

a) 2.1
b) 7.7
c) 6.7
d) 7.8

On Monday, it rained 1.5 cm. On Tuesday, it rained 0.8 cm more than on Monday. How
much did it rain altogether over the two days?
a) 2.3 cm
b) 3.0 cm

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c) 3.8 cm
d) 2.8 cm

A painter mixes 2.75 litres of white paint with 1.5 litres of blue paint. He then uses 3.25 litres
of the mixed paint. How much paint is left?
a) 4.25 litres
b) 1.00 litre
c) 2.00 litres
d) 1.25 litres

The total weight of three parcels is 8.5 kg. Parcel A weighs 2.3 kg and Parcel B weighs 3.4
kg. What is the weight of Parcel C?
a) 5.7 kg
b) 3.2 kg
c) 2.8 kg
d) 2.9 kg

What is the difference between the sum of 4.5 and 2.5, and the sum of 3.1 and 1.9?
a) 7.0
b) 5.0
c) 2.0
d) 1.0

Lily ran 1.2 km on Saturday. She wants to run a total of 5 km over the weekend. How much
more does she need to run on Sunday?
a) 3.8 km
b) 4.8 km
c) 6.2 km
d) 3.2 km

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