Adding Decimals
0.2 + 0.6
0.8
0.9 - 0.3=
0.6
What is the next step after you notice the denominators are the same?
Carry the denominator over to the answer.
What do we find after noticing the denominators are different?
We find the LCM first.
What is a mixed number?
A whole number and a fraction
A whole and part of a whole
1.065 + 0.39
1.455
2.635 - 1.241 =
1.394
2/6 + 5/6 =
1 1/6
1/4 + 2/5 =
13/20
What does the word "like" mean in "like denominators"
Like means the same
20.3 + 10.562
30.862
362.054 - 164.003 =
198.051
1 2/5 + 3/5 =
2
4/5 - 1/3 =
7/15
What does the word decimal mean?
A point that separates the whole numbers from the part of a whole numbers
126.397 + 385.004 =
511.401
1,036.102 - 635.09 =
401.012
2 7/8 - 1 2/8 =
1 5/8
1 2/4 + 3/8 =
1 7/8
What does "unlike" mean in the phrase unlike denominators?
1,035.985 + 478.958 =
1,514.943
2,003.005 - 1,158.326 =
844.679
2 3/6 - 5/6 =
1 4/6
3 2/7 - 6/9 =
2 39/63
What is the difference between a decimal number and a fraction?
Nothing; they are the same
Decimal numbers can have a whole number where fraction numbers are just parts of a whole