Decimal Operations: Adding and Subtracting

This video tutorial reviews decimal operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It emphasizes the importance of aligning decimal points for addition and subtraction, ignoring decimal points initially for multiplication, and not dividing by a decimal. The tutorial provides examples for each operation and concludes with practice problems for students to solve.

Why is it important to line up the decimal points when adding or subtracting decimals?

• To make the numbers look neat

• To ensure digits are in the correct place value

• To avoid using a calculator

• To make the calculation faster

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What is the result of adding 4.15 and 10.07?

• 14.32

• 14.12

• 14.22

• 14.02

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When subtracting 4.17 from 10.07, what is the correct answer?

• 5.70

• 5.80

• 5.90

• 6.00

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What should you do if there is a blank space in the decimal places during subtraction?

• Fill it with a nine

• Fill it with a one

• Fill it with a zero

• Ignore it

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What is the first step when multiplying decimals?

• Line up the decimal points

• Convert to fractions

• Add the numbers first

• Ignore the decimal points

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How many digits should be after the decimal point in the product of 4.51 and 1.7?

• One

• Four

• Two

• Three

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Why can't you divide by a decimal directly?

• It makes the calculation too complex

• Decimals are not allowed in division

• The quotient must be a whole number

• It is not mathematically correct

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What is the result of dividing 17.15 by 1.2 after adjusting the decimal?

• 14.39

• 14.29

• 14.19

• 14.09

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What is the result of 3.1 + 49.07?

• 52.17

• 52.37

• 52.07

• 52.27

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What is the result of 35.5 - 0.08?

• 35.48

• 35.50

• 35.42

• 35.52

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