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This collection of free adding decimals worksheets includes a range of fun activities and challenges to keep students engaged in their learning.
Adding decimals is usually introduced in Grade 5 then built on in Grade 6.
The differentiated options we have created for this activity include:
- Adding to the tenths
- Adding to the hundredths
- Adding to the thousandths
- Adding decimal numbers and whole numbers
- A visual addition task for scaffolded instruction
All the worksheets are designed to be printed onto A4 paper. Make sure you select the “shrink to fit” option when printing to avoid any cut-offs on your print.
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Common Core© Aligned Learning Outcomes
These worksheets partially or fully address the following Common Core© learning outcomes:
Grade 5
5.NBT.B.7: Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
Grade 6
6.NS.3: Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
Free Adding Decimals Worksheets
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This 20-question practice page focuses on adding decimals to the tenth. This straightforward sheet is great for independent practice or homework.
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This sheet asks students to add decimals to the hundredth. It presents a possible answer and students need to do the addition in order to determine if the provided answer is true or false.
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This worksheet focuses on adding decimals to the hundredth place, which is explicitly called for within the Grade 5 Common Core math curriculum.
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This version adds to the hundredth place, but students need to add three figures, adding a level of complexity for advanced students.
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Word problems are called for throughout the curriculum and we often see them in standardized tests. Prepare your students for decimal place addition word problems with this worksheet.
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This worksheet asks students to add decimals to the thousandth place. This could be presented as an extension for Grade 5 students or as a differentiated piece for Grade 6.
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This worksheet asks students to add decimals to the thousandth place. In this version, there is a multiple-choice answer option and they need to identify the correct answer. Space is provided for doing their working as well.
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This version includes adding numbers with a mix of different numbers of decimal places. Make sure you scaffold the task of lining up the decimal places and adding zeroes to do the stacked addition task.
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This worksheet involves adding decimals and whole numbers. Students will need to add-in their own decimal points and zeroes in the tenths and hundredths places in order to do the working.
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This excellent scaffolding tasks helps students visualize the process of adding decimals by getting them to visually add-up points in a 10×10 hundreds chart array.
Worksheets in this Unit
You can pair these worksheets with our selection of free subtracting decimals worksheets to help more fully address the associated learning outcomes.
Upward and Downward Differentiation
The main differentiator for this task is to step down to the Grade 4 standard outcome of adding and subtracting multi-digit whole numbers:
4.NBT.B.4: Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
To bridge the gap between whole number and decimal addition, you can use hundreds charts to add decimal places visually (one of our worksheets above shows how to do this), and model adding decimals either in-person or via video instruction, such as through this YouTube video:
Another differentiated task within the Grade 4 curriculum is the task of converting decimal notation to fractions and vice versa, helping students to understand the relationship between decimal notation and fractions:
4.NF.C.6: Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100. For example, rewrite 0.62 as 62/100; describe a length as 0.62 meters; locate 0.62 on a number line diagram.
Furthermore, Grade 4 asks students to compare decimals to the hundredth, which can be a lead-in task to help students develop a stronger foundational understanding of decimal notation:
4.NF.C.7: Compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two decimals refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual model.
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