Steps to Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Adding Decimals
Subtracting Decimals
Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Place Value
100

Making the number 25 into a decimal. 

What is 25.00?

100

3.14 + 5.12 = 

What is 8.26?

100

20.8 - 7.34=

What is 13.46?

100

12.46 + 3.8=

16.26

100

The number in the hundredths place


45.67

What is 7?

200

When you rewrite the decimal problem make sure you do this. 

What is lining up the decimals?

200

14.73+15.1=

What is 29.83?
200

34.63 - 27.9=

What is 6.73?

200

4.5 - 3.79=

What is 0.71?

200

The number in the ones place.


23.09

What is 3?

300

The place where you add a decimal is right after the _________ place.

What is the ones place?

300

3 + 4.55=

What is 7.55?

300

15- 0.48=

What is 14.52?

300

9.38 - 0.19=

What is 9.19?

300

The number in the tenths place.


9.12

What is 1?

400

Subtracting Decimals follows the same rule as _____________. 

What is addition?

400

17.82 + 3.66=

What is 21.48?

400

6 - 2.33=

What is 3.67?

400

2.13 + 0.9=

What is 3.03?

400

The number in the tens place.


76.9

What is 7?

500

What do you when subtracting a number that is less than the number on the bottom? 

What is borrowing?

500

11.7 + 2.81=

What is 14.51?

500

1.09 - 0.87=

What is 0.22?

500

10.21 - 5.6=

What is 4.61?

500

The decimal always says this.

What is AND?