7th Grade

Worksheet Description

This worksheet is a collection of decimal word problems intended for Grade 7 students, covering a range of everyday scenarios that require the application of mathematical concepts involving decimals. The problems ask students to adjust quantities in a recipe, calculate discounts, add travel distances, determine the duration of pet food supply, and work out portions of a pizza. Other tasks involve calculating sales tax, determining percentage increases, figuring out construction material needs based on volume, calculating distance based on speed and time, and converting currency.

The worksheet is designed to teach students how to handle decimals in various contexts, such as scaling quantities, applying discounts, adding and subtracting quantities, calculating percentages, and converting units. It emphasizes the practical use of decimals in real-world situations like cooking, shopping, traveling, budgeting, and currency exchange. The goal is to strengthen the students’ numerical literacy, particularly their ability to perform operations with decimals and understand their application in everyday life. By working through these problems, students can develop their problem-solving skills and gain confidence in using decimals for precise calculations.