These exercises and activities are for students to use independently of the teacher to practice number properties.
- Place value for decimals
- Addition of decimals using place value
Addition and Subtraction, AM (Stage 7)
Homework with answers (PDF or Word)
Prior knowledge.
- Add and subtract whole numbers, using a range of strategies
- Multiply and divide whole numbers by ten
Background
Students who are at stage 6 in the addition subtraction domain should have sufficient understanding of whole number addition and subtraction to transfer their strategies to decimals - once they have developed an understanding of the decimal point as a separator between the whole numbers and those numbers that are parts of a whole. (And learned to read decimals, developed an understanding of decimal place value and can order decimals).
Comments on the Exercises
Exercise 1
Asks students to use place value startegies to add decimals
Exercise 2
Asks students to put the missing decimal number in the box to complete the equation.
Exercises 3 and 4
Asks students to solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of decimals.