Math Drills

Subtracting Decimals

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What this worksheet covers

Grade: Grade 4 (Elementary School)
Topic: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Worksheet: Subtraction

Fill in the Blank supplies the box and Word Problems asks for the quantity remaining. On the expression side, Basics (Column Calculation) matches the digit counts, Different Number of Digits (Column Calculation) differs in how deep the two numbers run below the point, and Up to 3 Decimal Places (Column Calculation) keeps the breaking going, with the same range appearing in single-line working.

Add the number taken away back onto the answer found and the original number comes back exactly. This check bites where a place was subtracted within itself, larger digit from smaller, instead of breaking from above. An added-back figure that swells past the original means the break was skipped. The more places run on, the further back the discrepancy is left.

In Adding and Subtracting 3 Numbers three numbers stand in one expression and adding and subtracting are mixed together. What Addition supplied was the touch of lining places up vertically, and this lesson lays the borrowing on top of it.

Word Problems6 questions

Questions & answers

Problems and answers on this worksheet

These are the problems in “Adding and Subtracting Decimals”, shown with their answers.

(1)In bread-making class, Noah prepared flour of 5.78kg. After using 2.34kg to make the dough, how many kg will be left? Answer □
Answer: 3.44kg
(2)Farmer Sam had 2.68L of freshly milked milk. After a customer drank 1.34L, how many L will be left? Answer □
Answer: 1.34L
(3)In Liam's water bottle, there was 3.85L of water. After using 1.42L to make tea, how many L will be left? Answer □
Answer: 2.43L
(4)In art class, Liam received 7.49m of red tape and 6.93m of blue tape. How many m longer is the red tape than the blue tape? Answer □
Answer: 0.56m
(5)The distance from school to the station is 3.28km. Noah has walked 2.46km so far. How many km are left? Answer □
Answer: 0.82km
(6)Grandma's water bottle has 8.69L of water in it. She used 5.81L to make tea. How many L are left? Answer □
Answer: 2.88L

What to do next

Structure of DecimalsStructure of Decimals Reading (Place Value)

Next unit: Division by 2-Digit Numbers

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