Math Drills
Decimal Units Word Problems
Word Problems
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The word problems put two quantities in different units. Both Rewriting and Adding and Rewriting and Subtracting take capacities written in separate units such as L, dL and mL, bring them into one unit first, and only then add or subtract.
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Skip that step and answers appear where the written figures were simply added. Before the pencil moves, whether the unit letters attached to the two figures in the expression are the same has to be checked. An answer calculated with the letters still different comes out as a figure whose places do not line up.
Of the restating practiced in Capacity and in Length, what joins up with arithmetic here is the capacity side. Weight (kg, g, t) keeps this same order of bringing units into line before calculating. The only tool needed is the one restating learned in Capacity.
- Rewriting and Adding3 questions
- Rewriting and Subtracting3 questions
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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Decimal Units (Capacity and Length)”, shown with their answers.
(1)200mL from a plastic bottle was poured into 3L of water in a bucket. How much is there in all in how many L? Answer □
Answer: 3.2L
(2)Caleb combined 1L of tea in a thermos with 6dL of tea in a teapot. How much is there in all in how many L? Answer □
Answer: 1.6L
(3)There is 4L of juice in a bottle. 600mL was poured in. How much is there in all in how many L? Answer □
Answer: 4.6L
(4)There was 3L of water. 600mL was used for cleaning. How many L are left? Answer □
Answer: 2.4L
(5)Lucas had 1L of juice. Lucas drank 900mL of it. How many L are left? Answer □
Answer: 0.1L
(6)Taylor had 1L of milk. Taylor drank 1dL of it. How many L are left? Answer □
Answer: 0.9L
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