5th Grade Add and Subtract Decimals

Master adding & subtracting decimals! 5th-grade practice includes word problems.

Solve each problem on the left and match it to it's solution to the right. 3.704 - 1.325 = 2.379 21.54 + 4.758 = 26.298 6.328 - 3.62 = 2.708 14.467 + 12.33 = 26.797 The chart below shows the profits earned by a company in 5 different cities.What is the difference between the profits earned in City C and City E? $1.9 million $2.1 million $2.9 million $27.5 million Juan has a batting average of 0.334. Gary has a batting average of 0.284. What is the difference between the batting averages of the two baseball players? 0.50 0.05 0.028 0.042 Dara spends $13.02 on sandals, $9.85 on shorts, and $15.20 on a hat. How much change does she receive back from $50? $10.93 $11.34 $11.93 $12.67 The table shows the heights and masses of two garden statues.Based on the information, which statement is NOT true? The combined mass of the frog and turtle is 4.655 kilograms. The combined length of the frog and turtle is 50.78 centimeters. The frog’s mass is 2.655 kilograms greater than the turtle’s mass. The frog is 10.18 centimeters longer than the turtle. Jonas is jogging from the park to the school. He has jogged 0.424 mile so far. He has 0.384 mile left to jog. How far is the park located away from the school? 0.808 mile 0.73 mile 1.032 miles 0.40 mile The chart below shows the heights of several children.What is the difference between the heights of the tallest and the shortest child? 0.4 in. 2.2 in. 2.5 in. 3.5 in. Carla uses 45.3 milliliters of red paint for a project. She also uses 50 milliliters of yellow paint and 16.045 milliliters of white paint. How many total milliliters of paint does Carla use? 111.345 mL 489.045 mL 111.75 mL 10.345 mL Three runners competed in a sprint. • Kelsey finishes in 12.153 seconds. • Rhonda finishes in 12.2 seconds. • Joe finishes in 12.19 seconds.Which is a true statement? Rhonda’s time was 0.047 seconds faster than Kelsey’s time. The combined time for the three runners was 36.443 seconds. If Joe had finished the race 0.03 second faster, he would have beaten Kelsey’s time. Joe’s time was 0.01 second faster than Rhonda’s time. The chart below shows how much rain fell in a city during one week.How much rain fell Thursday through Saturday? 0.96 in. 1.75 in. 2.4 in. 2.85 in. Greg earns $40 doing chores. He spends $23.15 for a pair of shoes and $12.67 for a backpack. How much money does Greg have left? $75.82 $4.18 $15.82 $4.17 At a garage sale, Levi bought items that cost 8 cents, 94 cents, and 5 cents. He paid for his purchases with a $5 bill. How much change did Levi receive? $2.76 $1.07 $4.07 $3.93 Stacy has four bags of nails. The bags of nails weigh 9.5 pounds, 3.86 pounds, 2.08 pounds, and 2.794 pounds. How many total pounds do Stacy’s bags of nails weigh? 8.829 pounds 18.234 pounds 9.684 pounds 18.034 pounds Clyde determines that 14.64 – 0.022 = 14.42, but his teacher says the answer is incorrect. Why is Clyde’s answer incorrect? Write an explanation to help him determine the correct difference. A pony weighed 313.3 kilograms in March, 348.2 kilograms in April, and 364.6 kilograms in May. How much weight did the pony gain from March to May? 86.2 kg 51.3 kg 41.3 kg 34.9 kg Chelsea bought 6.094 pounds of apples, 3.29 pounds of oranges, and 4.078 pounds of bananas. How many pounds of fruit did Chelsea buy in all? 10.501 13.201 13.252 13.462 The chart below shows populations of some large cities in 2005.What is the combined population of New York City and Mexico City? 9.84 million 23.74 million 26.56 million 101.8 million Ben paid $31.95 and Dan paid $23.15 for their favorite teams' jerseys. They each paid with two $20 bills. Which statement is correct? Ben received $8.80 more in change. Ben received $7.20 more in change. Dan received $8.80 more in change. Dan received $7.20 more in change. Sue buys a lollipop for 63 cents, a CD for $12.59 and a video game for $57.99. She pays with a $100 bill. How much change will she receive? $28.79 $33.58 $39.21 $71.21 BONUS: In the subtraction computation shown, each different shape stands for a different digit from 0 to 9. The same shape stands for the same digit. (For example, all hexagons represent the same digit.) Which digits belong in the shapes to make a true subtraction problem? This question will not count against you if you get it wrong. Give it a try!!! 7 4 0 6 7 0 7 4 0 4