Exam 3: Decimals

To grow grass in Mel Smith's yard, a landscaper estimates that he will need 55 pounds of grass seed. Each pound will cost Mel $1.83. The landscaper will also charge Mel six hours of labor at $12.50 per hour. If Mel pays early, he will be entitled to a cash discount of $3.50. Assuming Mel takes advantage of the discount, how much does he pay the landscaper?

Multiply (round solution to nearest hundredth): 8.143 × 13.281

Convert to proper fraction in lowest terms: .7

Pete Smith bought two new car tires from Firestone for $89.95 per tire. Firestone charged Pete $3.25 per tire for mounting, $2.60 per tire for valves, and $3.80 per tire for balancing. What is Pete's final bill?

Last week Alice Roe earned wages of $459.82. Payroll deductions included Social Security for $33.19 and federal income tax of $82.91. What is Alice's net pay?

Match the following terms with their definitions. -Pure decimal.

Complete by shortcut method:3,069.44 ÷ 1,000

$600 in U.S. currency is equal to $660 in Canadian currency. (Use Handbook)

5.11 times 6.5 equals 33.215.

Rearrange and add: 3.5, 10.86, 7.482, 150.0413, 89.1

Convert fraction to decimal (or mixed decimal)and round to nearest hundredth: 14 5/7

The state reimburses Bill 55 cents per mile. Bill submitted his travel log for a total of 520.9 miles. What reimbursement can he expect? (Round to nearest cent.)

Divide (round to nearest tenth): 182,185 ÷ 3.24

Subtract: 12.19432 - 10.005

Jan Smith bought a new food processor for $49.88. Jan gave the salesperson a $100 bill. What change did Jan receive?

5/6 in decimal form is 0.875.

When multiplying decimals, you should disregard the decimals and multiply the whole numbers. In the product, the total of the decimal places from the multiplier and multiplicand is inserted starting at the left and counting the number of places to the right.

Write the decimal form for the following: One hundred twenty thousandths

Convert to proper fraction or mixed numbers (do not reduce to lowest terms): .9

Melvin Small typed 485 business letters. The cost of writing these letters was estimated to be $3,455.25. What was the average cost of a letter to the nearest cent?