Addition and Subtraction

of Decimals
MATH 6

Teacher Jervy Josiah D. Bayang

MATH RIDDLE
Marianne helps her mother sell fruits. Yesterday, she
sold 12.75 kg of ripe mangoes and 19.5 kg of unripe
mangoes. How many kilograms of mangoes did she
sell yesterday?
Marianne helps her mother sell fruits. Yesterday, she
sold 12.75 kg of ripe mangoes and 19.5 kg of unripe
mangoes. How many kilograms of mangoes did she
sell yesterday?
A. What are the given facts?
 12.75 kg of ripe mangoes and 19.5 kg of unripe
mangoes
B. What is asked?
 The number of kilograms of mangoes sold
Marianne helps her mother sell fruits. Yesterday, she
sold 12.75 kg of ripe mangoes and 19.5 kg of unripe
mangoes. How many kilograms of mangoes did she
sell yesterday?
C. What operation should we used?
 Addition
D. What is the mathematical sentence?
 12.75 + 19.5 = N
Adding decimals is just like adding whole numbers.
Digit with same place value are aligned in column. The
decimal points should also be aligned.

12.75
+ 19.5_
32.25

Marianne sold 32.25 kg of mangoes

Study another problem below.
Mr. Bautista jogged 3.78 km last Saturday and 2.5 km
last Sunday. How many kilometers farther did he jog
last Saturday than last Sunday?
A. What are the given facts?
 3.78 km on Saturday and 2.5 km on Sunday
B. What is asked?
- The difference in the number of kilometers jogged by
Mr. Bautista on Saturday and Sunday
Study another problem below.
Mr. Bautista jogged 3.78 km last Saturday and 2.5 km
last Sunday. How many kilometers farther did he jog
last Saturday than last Sunday?
C. What operation should be used?
 Subtraction
D. What is the mathematical sentence?
 3.78 – 2.5 = N
Subtraction of decimals is just like subtraction of whole
numbers. Digit with same place value are subtracted.
Decimal points of the minuend and the subtrahend should
be aligned .

3.78
- 2.5_
1.28

Mr. Bautista jogged 1.28 km farther last Saturday than last

Sunday.
Let’s Try
1. 34.25 + 6.9023

Step 1: Align the digits of the decimals with the same

place value.
Step 2: Add the digits with the same place value. Put the
decimal point in the sum aligned with the decimal
points of the addends.
Let’s Try
1. 34.25 + 6.9023

34.25
+ 6.9023
41.1523
Let’s Try
1. 293.46 + 43.89 + 0.764 = N

293.46
43.89
+ 0.764
338.114
Let’s Try
1. 78.393 + 2.4857 + 543.583846 = N

78.393
2.4857
+ 543.583846
624.462546
Let’s Try
1. 45.86 - 24.74 = N

45.86
- 24.74
21.12
Let’s Try
1. 50.31 - 39.542 = N

50.31
- 39.542
10.768
Let’s Try
1. 325.649 - 196.9548 = N

325.649
- 196.9548
128.6942