Adding Decimals and Their Importance

Adding Decimals and Their Importance

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

4th - 5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

FREE Resource

This video tutorial teaches how to add decimals by aligning decimal points. It provides examples, including adding 44.36 to 27.4 and a more complex example with different decimal places. The lesson emphasizes using placeholder zeros to maintain alignment and concludes with a summary of the key points.

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it important to align decimal points when adding decimals?

To make the process faster

To make the numbers look neat

To avoid using a calculator

To ensure accurate addition

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in adding 44.36 and 27.4?

Subtract the smaller number

Add the tenths place first

Align the decimal points

Add the whole numbers first

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What placeholder is added to 27.4 to align it with 44.36?

A zero in the units place

A zero in the hundredths place

A zero in the tenths place

A zero in the thousandths place

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the sum of 44.36 and 27.4?

71.66

71.96

71.46

71.76

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When adding decimals with different places, what should you do?

Convert all numbers to fractions

Add the numbers as they are

Align the decimal points and add placeholder zeros

Ignore the extra decimal places

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the value of 12.0007 in terms of decimal places?

Seven thousandths

Seven ten-thousandths

Seven hundredths

Seven tenths

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of using placeholder zeros in decimal addition?

To change the value of the numbers

To make the numbers larger

To align the decimal points

To make the numbers smaller

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