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.

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Questions & answers

Problems and answers on this worksheet

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

(1)On the hike, the distance Grace walks is 6.97km. She has come 3.42km so far. How many km more until arrival? Answer □
Answer: 3.55km
(2)In crafts time, Owen prepared tape of 5.69m. After cutting off 2.34m, how many m will be left? Answer □
Answer: 3.35m
(3)On the morning of the field trip, Sophia's water bottle had 2.79L of water in it. After drinking 1.45L, how many L will be left? Answer □
Answer: 1.34L
(4)Ethan prepared 7.91L of milk to make sweets. He used 4.06L for pudding. How many L are left? Answer □
Answer: 3.85L
(5)On a school field trip, Grace's group took 3.07dL of orange juice. They drank 1.85dL at lunch. How many dL are left? Answer □
Answer: 1.22dL
(6)On the morning of the field trip, Hannah poured 3.78L of tea into her water bottle. She drank 1.95L along the way. How many L of tea are left? Answer □
Answer: 1.83L

What to do next

Structure of DecimalsStructure of Decimals Reading (Place Value)

Next unit: Division by 2-Digit Numbers

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