Name ______+ and – Decimals Homework
Complete each problem, showing your work.
1.) Melissa wanted to buy new jeans and a new shirt for the first day of school. Her mother took her shopping in a big store downtown and they looked for just the right shirt for almost two hours! Finally, Melissa found the one she wanted. The price of the jeans was $20.48 and the shirt's price was $21.23. How much did Melissa's new outfit cost in all? / 2.) It rained all day on Mother's Daythe temperature dropped twelve and seven tenths degrees. The next day the rain stopped and the temperature rose seven degrees. If the temperature at the beginning of Mother's Day was sixty-seven and nine tenths degrees, what was the temperature at the end of the day after Mother's Day?
3.) Something was wrong with Mike. He felt so sick and he had a fever. At 3:00 p.m. his temperature was 100.09 degrees. By 5:00 p.m. it was 102.4 degrees. How many degrees had his temperature gone up? / 4.) Nicole has $9.57 to spend on a new shirt at a store in Sydney. She likes a shirt that costs $13.99. How much money does she need to borrow to buy the shirt that she likes?
5.) The evil witch didn't like happy people. She wanted everyone to be melancholy all the time. One day she brewed a foul-smelling potion. She used 4.25 ounces of frog hair, 1.9 ounces of bees' knees, 2.003 ounces of lizards' eyes. She mixed it all with swamp water and boiled it. How many ounces of animal parts did she use in her potion? / 6.) The battalion had fought for 4 days to reach their destination. They had gone back and forth and fought over the same ground day after day. On the first day of their march they gained 11.9 miles, but lost 3. On day two they gained 8.9 miles but lost 2.28. On the third day, they gained 9.7 miles and didn't lose any. Day four ended with a gain of 5.6 miles and a loss of 2.78 miles. What was their net gain for the past four days?