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This collection of free subtracting decimals worksheets includes a range of fun activities and challenges to keep students engaged in their learning.
Subtracting decimals is usually introduced in Grade 5.
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 Subtracting Decimals Worksheets
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A simple practice worksheet for three-digit numbers with one decimal place (decimal place subtraction to the tenths).
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A simple practice worksheet for four-digit numbers with two decimal places (decimal place subtraction to the hundredths).
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Twenty questions involving subtraction to the hundredth – great for independent practice or homework for Grade 5.
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A code breaker challenge for subtraction to the hundredth. Code breakers are super popular among students!
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Here we’re stepping up the difficulty level by subtracting to the thousandth!
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Word problems commonly show up in standardized tests. Prepare your students with this word problem worksheet!
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This version steps it up a level by asking students to subtract a mix of decimals and whole numbers. Scaffold the task by showing students to add the decimal point and zeroes in their working.
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This challenge asks students to subtract decimals in a mix of tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. Students need to add zeroes where necessary to do their subtraction.
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This challenge asks students to subtract decimals in a mix of tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. Make sure you scaffold aligning the decimal points.
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This subtraction to the thousandth task ask students to show their work, then select between three possible answers.
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