Multiplying with Decimals
Word Problems
Task Cards
Directions:
1. Read the question carefully and solve the problem.
2. Record your answer on the recording sheet.
3. Check your answers using the answer key.
Card #1 Card #2
Susan has a goal to sell 8 bags of A farmer is selling his hay for $12.30
corn. Each bag holds 15.53 pounds a bale. If he sold 9 bales this month,
of corn. How much corn does she how much money did he make?
need to have in order to fill
all 8 bags?
Card #3 Card #4
Carlos needs to buy some fabric A pilot flies a plane at 485.7 miles
which costs $5.75 per yard. He per hour. Today he flew for 7.5
needs 19.2 yards of fabric in total. hours. How many miles did he fly
How much money does he today?
need to purchase the
material?
Card #5 Card #6
Krista ran 13.6 yards each minute. If Bo mows lawns. This past weekend,
she ran for 10.3 minutes, how far he mowed 7 lawns. For each yard he
did she run? mows, he gets paid $35.50. How
much money did Bo make this
past weekend?
Card #7 Card #8
Maggie is baking cookies. Each Jacob went to an Italian restaurant.
batch calls for 1.2 cups of sugar, and He ordered his favorite meal: 10
each batch makes 12 cookies. How meatballs. Each meatball weighs
much sugar will she need if 85.05 grams. What is the
she makes 5 batches of total weight of his
cookies? meatball meal?
Card #9 Card #10
Ian and Marcus are brothers. Marcus On average, Jonathan takes
is 7 years old and twice as tall as 12,245.8 steps each day. How
Ian. Ian is 6 months old and many steps will he take in
24.75 inches tall. How tall 3.5 days?
is Marcus?
Card #11 Card #12
A hiking trail is 1.7 kilometers long. Freddy owns 0.66 of a store. That
It was then extended and is now means he needs to pay that portion
3.6 times longer. How long is the of the bills. If the bills this month
trail now? were $478, how much is
Freddy responsible for?
Card #13 Card #14
Delilah receives an allowance of $20 A bee maker is harvesting honey.
a week. This week, she broke her He can harvest honey 3 times in a
brother’s favorite toy and had to year. If each harvest produces 29.37
spend 64% (0.64) of her pounds of honey, how much
allowance to fix it. How can he expect to collect in
much did she pay? a year?
Card #15 Card #16
Kelly’s video game set lasts 5 hours Solomon is raking leaves. He was
when it is fully charged. However, it able to rake his entire backyard, but
only has 67% (0.67) of its battery it took 4.8 bags to do so. If each
left. How long will Kelly’s bag weighed 24.6 pounds, how
video game set last many pounds of leaves
before it runs out? did he rake?
Card #17 Card #18
There are currently 29 dogs in a Volunteers cleaned 64.7 kilograms
shelter. Each dog eats 1.56 cups of of garbage out of the ocean. The
food daily. How much food does the next day they only cleaned
shelter need to feed all three-tenths of that amount.
the dogs each day? How much did they clean
on the second day?
Card #19 Card #20
An adult elephant weighs about LeVon is getting water for the football
5,750.5 pounds. How much will 6 team. His pitcher holds 0.7 of a gallon.
adult elephants weigh? LeVon must fill his pitcher 9 times to
fill up the team's drink container.
How much can the team's
drink container hold?
Card #21 Card #22
Mitchell is running in a race. He runs Illene drinks 80.65 ounces of juice
at a pace of 7.51 meters per minute. every day. How much juice will
He took 40 minutes to run his race. she have drunk if she does this
If he held his pace the whole time, for an entire week?
how many meters did
he run?
Card #23 Card #24
Rose is making her world famous Jenna’s family is hosting a movie
muffins. A normal batch makes 18 night. They want to give each
muffins. If she makes 11.5 batches, attendee 8.8 ounces of popcorn. 27
how many muffins will people are attending the
she make? movie night. How much
popcorn does Jenna need?
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ANSWER KEY
1) 124.24 pounds 9) 49.5 inches 17) 45.24 pounds
2) $110.70 10) 42,860.3 steps 18) 19.41 kilograms
3) $12.80 11) 6.12 kilometers 19) 34,503 pounds
4) 3,642.75 miles 12) $315.48 20) 6.3 gallons
5) 140.08 yards 13) 0.32 of the ice cream 21) 300.4 meters
6) $248.50 14) 88.11 pounds 22) 564.55 ounces
7) 6 cups of sugar 15) 3.35 hours 23) 207 muffins
8) 850.5 grams 16) 118.08 pounds 24) 237.6 ounces