Q2 Copy and work out the following.

a) 5.6 b) 9.9 c) 5.3 d) 8.5

– 0.3 – 4.2 – 2.8 – 1.9

Q3 Work out the following.

a) 10.83 + 7.4 b) 0.029 + 1.8 c) 91.7 + 0.492 d) 6.474 + 0.92
e) 7.89 + 4.789 f) 0.888 + 1.02 g) 0.02 + 0.991 h) 3.41 + 22.169

Q4 Work out the following.

a) 24.63 – 7.5 b) 6.78 – 5.6 c) 73.46 – 8.5 d) 9.915 – 3.7
e) 3.52 – 0.126 f) 9.1 – 7.02 g) 11.2 – 1.89 h) 1.1 – 0.839

Q5 Work out the following.

a) 3.81 + 9.54 b) 2.81 – 0.16 c) 2.75 + 9.45 d) 8.67 + 0.95
e) 3.8 – 0.59 f) 15.1 – 0.08 g) 6.25 + 5.6 h) 1.97 + 21.7

Example 3

Work out 4 – 0.91 Tip: Put the decimal

1. Write any whole numbers as 4.00 point in the answer
straight away, directly
decimals by adding 0’s after – 0.91
below the others.
the decimal point, then line .
up the decimal points.
3 91 1 3 91 1
2. Subtract the digits one column 4.00 4.00
at a time. As you can’t borrow – 0.91 – 0.91
from 0, borrow from the 4 instead. . 9 3.09 So 4 – 0.91 = 3.09

Exercise 2
Q1 Work out the following.
a) 6 – 5.1 b) 23 – 18.51 c) 12 – 5.028 d) 13 – 6.453

Q2 Work out the following.

a) 2 + 1.8 b) 3.7 + 6 c) 12.7 + 7.34 d) 9.49 + 13
e) 38 + 6.92 f) 5 – 0.8 g) 9 – 4.2 h) 24 – 5.7

Q3 Work out the following.

a) 6.474 + 0.92 + 3 b) 2.39 + 8 + 0.26 c) 12.24 + 4 + 1.2
d) 2 + 4.123 + 1.86 e) 16.8 + 4.17 + 2 f) 2.64 + 13 + 1.012

16 Section 1 Non-Calculator Arithmetic