Rules to Adding and Subtracting Decimals

When adding or subtracting with decimals, you -

• Move decimals out

• Shift decimals 3 places over

• Line up the decimals

• Ignore decimals

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

What is the FIRST step when adding and subtracting decimals?

• Line up the numbers

• Line up the decimal points

• Add or subtract like normal

• Add in placeholders

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

What is the rule for adding or subtracting decimals?

• Add first

• Line up the decimals first, then fill in with zeros.

• Move the decimal to the right the total amount of numbers after the decimal.

• Subtract

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

What is the rule for adding and subtracting positive decimals?

• Line up the decimals and then add/subtract normally

• You do not have to worry about placement of the decimal

• Forget the decimal and move it that many spaces at the end

• Drop it down and move it to the right once

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

When adding or subtracting decimals, you must line up your decimal points.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

What is the first step when adding and subtracting decimals?

• Line up the numbers

• Line up the decimals

• Add or subtract like normal

• Add in placeholders

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Do you line up the decimals when adding/subtracting

• Yes

• No

• Maybe so

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Match the following rules to the correct operation.

• Addition/Subtraction

• Count the amount of numbers behind each decimal and add them up. Use that number to find your decimal place in the answer.

• Multiplication

• Line up the decimals.

• Division

• move the decimal up

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

When adding and subtracting decimals you......

• line the numbers

• line up the decimals

• line up place values

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

what is the first step when you add a decimal?

• solve the problem

• see what your dealing with

• line up the decimal

• add

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3