Decimals and Story Problems with 6th Graders!

The sixth graders have been hard at work! They are loving math and playing with decimals. The pictures above are from today's lesson on story problems. The students worked in groups of four to solve story problems on large sheet paper. Last week, I assigned an assignment where students created a story with four decimal numbers. Here are a few stories below:


There were four numbers; 0.25, 2.3, 1.2, and 3.2. The crocodile came over and wondered which one was the biggest. He finally found out which one was the biggest one when another crocodile took it and left. That proceeded to happen until there was nomore 3.2, 2.3, and 1.2. There was only one number left. So he took it and ate it.

Which number did the crocodile eat?




 Once there was a vending machine. The vending machine had 4 snacks. The first snack was pringles. Pringles cost $3.20. There was also M&M’s, and they cost $2.30. Another snack was Synders, and the Synder’s were $1.20. Lastly there was gum for $0.25 cents. If I bought 3 pringles and 1 of each other snack, how much would I have to pay?

If I bought 3 pringles and 1 of each other snack, how much would I have to pay?

Decimals 0.25, 2.3, 1.2, and 3.2 were making a potion. Each of the decimals could only measure whatever number they were. To make the potion, they needed to measure out 0.25 ml of glorble-glorp nectar, 2.3 ml of smickle-smack juice, 1.2 ml of coke, and 3.2 ml of gloober plant extract.

Which decimal had to measure out the glorber-glorb nectar?

Me and my dad went on a road trip from Ohio to Florida. Along the way we stopped at 4 gas stations. First we got 0.25 liters of gas. Second we got 1.2 liters of gas. Third we got 2.3 liters. And finally we got 3.2 liters of gas. Then we finally got to Florida.

At what stop did I get 2.3 liters of gas?

Hope you enjoyed the stories:)