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How To Work With Decimals

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Rounding Decimals

What It Means:

Rounding decimals means making them simpler to work with while keeping their value close to what
it was. It's like estimating which whole number is nearest to your decimal.

How to Do It:

1. Identify the place value you need to round to (for example, the nearest whole number, tenth, or
hundredth).

2. Look at the digit right after the place you're rounding to. If this digit is 5 or more, you add one to
your rounding place. If it's less than 5, you leave it as it is.

3. Cut off the digits after the rounding place—you don’t need them anymore!

Example:

Round 3.146 to the nearest tenth. The digit in the tenths place is 1. The next digit (4) is less than 5, so
3.146 rounded to the nearest tenth is 3.1.

Adding and Subtracting Decimals

What It Means:

Adding and subtracting decimals is just like adding and subtracting whole numbers—just line up the
decimal points!

How to Do It:

1. Write the numbers so the decimal points are in a straight line.

2. Add or subtract as usual, starting from the rightmost digit.

3. Bring the decimal point down into your answer.

Example:

Add 3.75 + 2.6. Write it as:

3.75
+ 2.60

------

6.35

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Multiplying Decimals

What It Means:

When you multiply decimals, you’re making one number many times bigger than another, and you
need to be careful with where you place the decimal point.

How to Do It:

1. Ignore the decimals at first and just multiply the numbers as if they were whole numbers.

2. Count the total number of decimal places in both numbers you multiplied**.

3. Put the decimal point in your answer so it has the same number of decimal places as the total you
counted.

Example:

Multiply 3.1 by 2.5. Multiply 31 by 25 to get 775. Since 3.1 and 2.5 have one decimal place each (2
total), 775 becomes 7.75.

Dividing Decimals

What It Means:

Dividing with decimals involves making one number into a fraction of another, and sometimes you
need to adjust the numbers to make it easier.

How to Do It

1. Move the decimal point in the divisor (the number you’re dividing by) to the right until it’s a whole
number.

2. Move the decimal point in the dividend (the number you're dividing into) the same number of
places to the right.

3. Now divide as you normally would with whole numbers.


4. Place the decimal in the quotient (the answer) directly above where it appears in the dividend.

Example:

Divide 7.2 by 1.2. Move the decimal point one place to the right in both numbers, changing them to
72 and 12. Now divide 72 by 12 to get 6.

I hope these steps help, any questions, please do ask

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