Objective
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Addition and subtraction of decimals follow the normal rules for adding and subtracting whole numbers. However, there are a few steps that must be followed when adding or subtracting decimals.
Example 3
Add the following decimals
a) 1.53 + 3.4 + 5.749
b) 5.93 + 0.8 + 41.352
c) 32.53 + 124.6 + 2.814
solution
Example 4
Subtract these:
Remember that whole numbers have their decimal points after the units place.