Lesson 8 of 8 ยท Grades 4 to 5
Practice: Decimals and money
Ten money questions: writing prices, comparing them, adding totals and working out change from five and ten dollar notes.
How to use this page
This page gives you ten more questions on the same idea as the lesson "Decimals and money". Work through them at your own speed. Write your answer down or say it out loud before you open the answer box, so you give yourself a real chance to think.
If a question feels hard, go back to the lesson and look at the worked example again. Getting a question wrong is useful; it shows you the part that needs one more look.
Practice questions
Answer all ten questions in your notebook or in your head. Then open each answer to check your work.
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How many cents are in $2.05?
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205 cents. Two dollars is 200 cents, plus 5 cents.
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Write 7 dollars and 5 cents as a price.
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$7.05. The tenths place is 0 and the hundredths place is 5.
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Which is cheaper: $1.60 or $1.06?
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$1.06. Write 1.60 and 1.06 in hundredths and compare.
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Add: $12.50 + $3.75.
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$16.25.
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Subtract: $10.00 - $6.45.
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$3.55. Write the problem with the points lined up.
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Two pens cost $1.35 each. What is the total?
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$2.70. $1.35 + $1.35 = $2.70.
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You buy a book for $8.90 and pay with $10.00. How much change do you get?
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$1.10. $10.00 - $8.90 = $1.10.
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Which is more: 99 cents or $1.01?
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$1.01. Write 99 cents as $0.99, and 1.01 is more than 0.99.
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A ticket costs $6.50. How much do three tickets cost?
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$19.50. $6.50 + $6.50 + $6.50 = $19.50.
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Your change is $0.95. How many cents is that?
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95 cents. The digits after the point count the cents.