Real-World Multiplication of Decimals: Critical Thinking Challenges
Question 1
If a bottle of water contains 0.5 liters and a school cafeteria sells 48 bottles in a day, how many liters of water are sold in total?
24 liters
26 liters
23 liters
25 liters
Question 2
A car travels 0.3 miles every minute. How many miles will the car travel in 70 minutes?
22 miles
21 miles
23 miles
20 miles
Question 3
A rectangle has a length of 4.6 meters and a width of 3.2 meters. What is the area of the rectangle in square meters?
15.72 square meters
13.72 square meters
14.72 square meters
16.72 square meters
Question 4
A baker uses 0.25 kilograms of flour to make a loaf of bread. If the baker makes 40 loaves of bread, how many kilograms of flour are used in total?
10 kilograms
11 kilograms
9 kilograms
12 kilograms
Question 5
A mobile phone is on sale for 0.85 of its original price. If the original price was $200, what is the sale price?
$170
$160
$180
$190
Question 6
A farmer sells milk in containers of 0.75 liters each. If a customer buys 16 containers, how many liters of milk does the customer buy?
13 liters
12 liters
11 liters
14 liters
Question 7
A piece of fabric is 2.5 meters long. If a tailor cuts it into pieces that are 0.5 meters each, how many pieces does the tailor cut?
5 pieces
7 pieces
4 pieces
6 pieces
Question 8
A group of students are collecting money for a charity. If each student collects $13.75 and there are 24 students, how much money do they collect in total?
$350
$340
$320
$330
Question 9
A recipe calls for 0.6 cups of sugar. If a chef is making 5 times the recipe, how many cups of sugar are needed?
4 cups
2.5 cups
3.5 cups
3 cups
Question 10
A printer prints 0.08 pages per second. How many pages will it print in 15 minutes?
70 pages
76 pages
72 pages
74 pages
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