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Add & subtract decimals

Grade 5

What this lesson shows

0.3 plus 0.25. One has a single digit after the point, the other has two - and that is exactly where people go wrong, because they line up the ENDS of the numbers.

Try it yourself

Real questions from this lesson's worksheets — answers below each one.

  1. 0.25 - 0.01
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    0.24
  2. 0.17 + 0.22
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    0.39
  3. 0.45 + 0.04
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    0.49
  4. 0.39 - 0.19
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    0.2

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