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# Decimals – Addition, Subtraction, Division and Multiplication Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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## Decimals

A decimal is any number with a decimal point. They are the numbers that fall between the integers.

Make sure you are happy with the following topics before continuing.

To add decimals, you should be familiar with the column method for addition. This method works exactly the same way for decimals, all you have to do is make sure you line up the decimal points when you write your numbers above one another.

Example: Evaluate $6.436 + 8.992$.

So, $6.436 + 8.992 = 15.428$

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## Skill 2: Subtracting Decimals

Subtracting decimals is easy if you know how to add. Make sure you are confident with the column method for subtraction.

Example: Evaluate $567.63 - 92.478$.

So, $567.63 - 92.478 = 475.152$

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## Skill 3: Multiplying Decimals

The easiest way to multiply decimals is to use the following steps:

Step 1: Move the decimal place on each value to turn it into a whole number.

Step 2: Remember/write down how many decimal places you have moved in total.

Step 3: Complete the column or grid method for multiplication

Step 4: Move the decimal place back the same amount at the end to get your final answer.

Example: Evaluate $7.68 \times 2.5$.

Use the column method as shown below (or the grid method). The decimal place is moved once on $2.5$ to make it $25$ and twice on $7.68$ to make it $768$. So in total the decimal place has moved $3$ times.

We now need to move the decimal place back the same number of times, so we move it $3$ times to the left to get

$7.68 \times 2.5 = 19.200 = 19.2$

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## Skill 4: Dividing Decimals

The easiest way to divide decimals is to use the following steps:

Step 1: Move the decimal place of the number you are dividing by to turn it into a whole number.

Step 2: Remember/write down how many decimal places you have moved in total.

Step 3: Complete the long division method.

Step 4: Move the decimal place back the same amount at the end to get your final answer.

Example: Evaluate $8.138 \div 1.3$.

Using the long division method as shown, we move the decimal place of the number we are dividing by to make it a whole number. So we move the decimal place once on $1.3$ to make it $13$.

We now need to move the decimal place back the same number of times, so we move it $1$ time to the left to get

$8.138 \div 1.3 = \textcolor{purple}{6.26}$

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Evaluate $985.4+81.767$.

[2 marks]

Use the column method as shown below

So, $985.4+81.767 = 1067.167$

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## Example 2: Subtracting Decimals

Evaluate $62.059 - 5.118$.

[2 marks]

So, $62.059 - 5.118 = 56.941$

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## Example 3: Multiplying Decimals

Evaluate $5.7\times 6.32$.

[3 marks]

In this example we use the column method. The decimal place is moved once on $5.7$ to make $57$ and twice on $6.32$ to make $632$. Therefore in total the decimal place has moved $3$ times to the right.

Now we need to move the decimal place back the same number of times, so we move it $3$ times to the left to get

$5.7 \times 6.32 = 36.024$

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## Example 4: Dividing Decimals

Evaluate $7.488 \div 1.2$.

[3 marks]

Similar to multiplying decimals, when dividing decimals we want to make it easy for us by moving the decimal place so that we can use long division. We do this by moving the decimal place of the number we are dividing by. So we move the decimal place once on $1.2$ to make it $12$.

Remember to move the decimal place back to get the final answer. In this example we only moved it one place, so we move it back once place to get

$7.488 \div 1.2 = 6.24$

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### Example Questions

By means of column addition or otherwise, we can add together the values that hold the same respective place. When the sum of two values is greater or equal to $10$, we have to carry the tens unit value over to the next column,

$\begin{array}{r}82{.{}^1\cancel0}70\\+31.865\\\hline 35\end{array}$

Therefore we find,

$\begin{array}{r}82.070\\+31.865\\\hline113.935\end{array}$

We can make the calculation easier by converting the divisor to a whole number. We can do this and still have the same calculation by multiplying both $2.3$ and $18.63$ by $10$, so now we have,

$\begin{array}{c}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;8\;.\;1\\23\overline{\left)\cancel1^1\cancel8^{18}6\;.{}^23\right.}\\\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\end{array}$

$18.63\div 2.3 = 8.1$

The latter number is already whole, so we just need to make the first number whole:

$3.566\times 1,000 = 3,566$

Thus the column multiplication is,

$\begin{array}{r}3566\\\times14\\\hline14264\\35660\end{array}$

$\begin{array}{r}\begin{array}{r}14264\\+35660\\\hline49924\end{array}\end{array}$

We multiplied one of our numbers by $1000$, which means our result is $1000$ times too big. Therefore, the final answer is,

$3.566 \times 14 = 49924\div 1000 = 49.924$

We can add together the values in each of the columns. When the sum of two values is greater or equal to $10$, we have to carry the tens unit value over to the next column,

$\begin{array}{r}\begin{array}{r}0.113\\+0.890\\\hline1.003\end{array}\end{array}$

We can make the calculation easier by converting the decimals to a whole numbers.

If we multiply $0.002$ and $0.043$ by $1000$, we have a simple integer multiplication,

$\begin{array}{r}\begin{array}{r}2\\\times43\\\hline86\end{array}\end{array}$

However this value is $1000\times1000=1000000$ times too big, so we have to divide the result by this,

$86\div1000000=0.000086$

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