Decimals & 4 Operations

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 Decimals & 4 Operations

 Addition with decimals

 Subtraction with decimals
 Multiplication with decimals
 Division with decimals
 Estimation of decimals

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Mrs Koh bought 0.5 kg of grapes and

1.6 kg of oranges. What was the total
mass of fruits she bought altogether?

Ones . Tenths
I can show this
using a place
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value chart. ● . ●●●●●
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2 . 1

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Mrs Koh bought 0.5 kg of grapes and

1.6 kg of oranges. What was the total
mass of fruits she bought altogether?

I can also use

vertical addition
to solve this.

Always add from

right to left. She bought 2.1 kg
of fruits altogether. 4
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Andy had $5.95 in his pocket. His

father gave him another $3.55. How
much does Andy have altogether now?
Using a place Ones . Tenths Hundredths
value chart: ●●●●● . ●●●● ●●●●●
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9 . 5 0
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Andy had $5.95 in his pocket. His

father gave him another $3.55. How
much does Andy have altogether now?
Using vertical
addition:

He has $9.50 altogether now.

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Jansen had 1.3 litres of fruit juice. He

drank 0.5 litres during lunch. How many
litres of fruit juice does he have left?

Ones . Tenths
I can show this
using a place ● . ●●●
value chart. . ●●●●●
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0 . 8
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Jansen had 1.3 litres of fruit juice. He

drank 0.5 litres during lunch. How many
litres of fruit juice does he have left?

I can also use

vertical subtraction
to solve this.

He has 0.8 litres left.

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Suriani had 3.05 m of ribbon. She used

up 0.76 m of it. What is the length of
ribbon that she has left?
Using a place
value chart: Ones . Tenths Hundredths
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2 . 2 9
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Suriani had 3.05 m of ribbon. She used

up 0.76 m of it. What is the length of
ribbon that she has left?
Using vertical
subtraction:

She had 2.29 m of ribbon left.

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Angie poured 4 cartons of milk, each with

2.4 litres, into a mixing bowl. How many
litres of milk were there altogether?
I can show this using a Ones . Tenths
place value chart. ●● . ●●●●
4 x 2.4
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9 . 6
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Angie poured 4 cartons of milk, each with

2.4 litres, into a mixing bowl. How many
litres of milk were there altogether?
I can also use vertical
multiplication to solve this.

There were 9.6 litres of milk altogether.

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Dinesh ate 3 cookies, each with mass

1.45 g. What was the total mass of the
cookies that he ate?
Using a place
Ones . Tenths Hundredths
value chart:
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3 x 1.45 ● . ●●●● ●●●●●
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4 . 3 5

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Dinesh ate 3 cookies, each with mass

1.45 g. What was the total mass of the
cookies that he ate?
Using vertical
multiplication:

He ate 4.35 g of cookies.

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Jagdeep had a strip of paper measuring

1.8 m. He cut it into 4 equal strips. How
long is each shorter strip of paper?
I can show this using a Ones . Tenths Hundredths

place value chart. ● . ●●●●

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. ●●●● ●●●●●
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Jagdeep had a strip of paper measuring

1.8 m. He cut it into 4 equal strips. How
long is each shorter strip of paper?
I can show this using
long division.

Each strip of paper is 0.45 m long.

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Zhiwei wants to divide 19 litres of water

equally into 6 pots. Find the volume of water
in each pot, correct to 2 decimal places.
Divide to 3 decimal places,
then round off the answer to
2 decimal places.

3.166.. ≈ 3.17
There are about 3.17
litres of water in each
pot. 17
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I can round off the decimal To round off to the nearest whole
that I obtain to check whether number, look at the digit in the
it is a reasonable answer. tenths place.

Addition, Subtraction, Division

Multiplication
If the tenths digit is 1, 2, 3, or 4, If the tenths digit is 1, 2, 3, or 4,
round down to the smaller ones round down to the smaller whole
digit number that is divisible

If the tenths digit is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, If the tenths digit is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9,

round up to the greater ones digit round up to the greater whole
number that is divisible

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Find the sum of 13.8 and 6.3, then check your answer
using estimation.

Calculation: 20.1 ≈ 20
13.8 + 6.3 = 20.1 My answer is reasonable.

Estimation:
13.8 ≈ 14 and 6.3 ≈ 6
14 + 6 = 20

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Find the value of 35.72 – 23.15, then check your answer

using estimation.

Calculation: 12.57 ≈ 13
35.72 – 23.15 = 12.57 My answer is reasonable.

Estimation:
35.72 ≈ 36 and 23.15 ≈ 23
36 – 23 = 13

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Find the value of 50.04 ÷ 6, then check your answer

using estimation.

Calculation: 8.34 ≈ 8
50.04 ÷ 6 = 8.34 My answer is reasonable.

Estimation:
50.04 ≈ 48 48 ÷ 6
48 ÷ 6 = 8 50.04 ÷ 6
54 ÷ 6

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Solve the following. Estimate to check your answers.

(a) 13.402 + 5.05 = _______

18.452
(b) 62 – 3.288 = _______
58.712
(c) $24.05 – $4.89 = _______
$19.16
(d) 7.16 g x 9 = _______
64.44 g
(e) 5.75 km ÷ 5 = _______
1.15 km
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Learning Outcomes
Addition with decimals 4B Pg 48 – 51, 58 4B Pg 32 – 37, 57
– 60 – 62
Subtraction with decimals 4B Pg 52 – 57, 58 4B Pg 38 – 42, 57
– 60 – 62
Multiplication with decimals 4B Pg 61 – 65, 77 4B Pg 43 – 48, 57
– 80 – 62
Division with decimals 4B Pg 66 – 72, 77 4B Pg 49 – 56, 57
– 80 – 62
Estimation of decimals 4B Pg 73 – 76, 77 4B Pg 32 – 63
– 80 23