Add Decimals using Place Value Strategies


Related Topics:
Lesson Plans and Worksheets for Grade 5
Lesson Plans and Worksheets for all Grades
More Lessons for Grade 5
Common Core For Grade 5




Share this page to Google Classroom

Examples, solutions, videos and lessons to help Grade 5 students learn how to add decimals using place value strategies and relate those strategies to a written method.

New York State Common Core Math Grade 5, Module 1, Lesson 9
Worksheets for Grade 5

Lesson 9 Concept Development
Problems 1–3
2 tenths + 6 tenths
2 ones 3 thousandths + 6 ones 1 thousandth
2 tenths 5 thousandths + 6 hundredths

Problems 4–6
1.8 + 13 tenths
1 hundred 8 hundredths + 2 ones 4 hundredths
148 thousandths + 7 ones 13 thousandths

Problems 7–9
0.74 + 0.59
7.048 + 5.196
7.44 + 0.774

Lesson 9 Homework

  1. Solve.
    a. 3 tenths + 4 tenths = _____ tenths
    b. 12 tenths + 9 tenths = _____ tenths = _____ one(s) _____ tenth(s)



Lesson 9 Homework

  1. Solve.
    d. 27 hundredths + 7 hundredths = __ hundredths = __ tenths __ hundredths
  2. Solve using the standard algorithm.
    e. 72.564 + 5.137 =
  1. Walkway Over the Hudson, a bridge that crosses the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, is 2.063 kilometers. Anping Bridge, which was built in China 850 years ago, is 2.07 kilometers long.
    a. Which bridge is longer? How much longer? Show your thinking.

Try the free Mathway calculator and problem solver below to practice various math topics. Try the given examples, or type in your own problem and check your answer with the step-by-step explanations.
Mathway Calculator Widget



We welcome your feedback, comments and questions about this site or page. Please submit your feedback or enquiries via our Feedback page.