Decimals & 4 Operations

Primary 4 Mathematics
 Decimals & 4 Operations

Chapter Learning Outcomes

 Addition with decimals
 Subtraction with decimals
 Multiplication with decimals
 Division with decimals
 Estimation of decimals

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Addition with Decimals

Mrs Koh bought 0.5 kg of grapes and
1.6 kg of oranges. What was the total
mass of fruits she bought altogether?

Ones . Tenths
I can show this
. ●●●●●
using a place
value chart. ● . ●●●●●
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2 . 1

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Addition with Decimals

Mrs Koh bought 0.5 kg of grapes and
1.6 kg of oranges. What was the total
mass of fruits she bought altogether?

I can also use

vertical addition
to solve this.

Always add from

right to left. She bought 2.1 kg
of fruits altogether.
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Addition with Decimals

Andy had $5.95 in his pocket. His
father gave him another $3.55. How
much does Andy have altogether
now?
Using a place Ones . Tenths Hundredths
value chart: ●●●●● . ●●●● ●●●●●
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9 . 5 0

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Addition with Decimals

Andy had $5.95 in his pocket. His
father gave him another $3.55. How
much does Andy have altogether
now?
Using vertical
addition:

He has $9.50 altogether now.

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Subtraction with Decimals

Jansen had 1.3 litres of fruit juice. He
drank 0.5 litres during lunch. How many
litres of fruit juice does he have left?

Ones . Tenths
I can show this
● . ●●●
using a place
value chart. . ●●●●●
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0 . 8
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Subtraction with Decimals

Jansen had 1.3 litres of fruit juice. He
drank 0.5 litres during lunch. How many
litres of fruit juice does he have left?

I can also use

vertical subtraction
to solve this.

He has 0.8 litres left.

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Subtraction with Decimals

Suriani had 3.05 m of ribbon. She used
up 0.76 m of it. What is the length of
ribbon that she has left?
Using a place
value chart: Ones . Tenths Hundredths

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2 . 2 9
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Subtraction with Decimals

Suriani had 3.05 m of ribbon. She used
up 0.76 m of it. What is the length of
ribbon that she has left?
Using vertical
subtraction:

She had 2.29 m of ribbon left.

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Multiplication with Decimals

Angie poured 4 cartons of milk, each with
2.4 litres, into a mixing bowl. How many
litres of milk were there altogether?
I can show this using a Ones . Tenths
place value chart. ●● . ●●●●
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4 x 2.4
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9 . 6

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Multiplication with Decimals

Angie poured 4 cartons of milk, each with
2.4 litres, into a mixing bowl. How many
litres of milk were there altogether?
I can also use vertical
multiplication to solve this.

There were 9.6 litres of milk altogether.

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Multiplication with Decimals

Dinesh ate 3 cookies, each with mass
1.45 g. What was the total mass of the
cookies that he ate?
Using a place
Ones . Tenths Hundredths
value chart:
● . ●●●● ●●●●●
3 x 1.45 ● . ●●●● ●●●●●
● . ●●●● ●●●●●
4 . 3 5

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Multiplication with Decimals

Dinesh ate 3 cookies, each with mass
1.45 g. What was the total mass of the
cookies that he ate?
Using vertical
multiplication:

He ate 4.35 g of cookies.

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Division with Decimals

Jagdeep had a strip of paper measuring
1.8 m. He cut it into 4 equal strips. How
long is each shorter strip of paper?
Ones . Tenths Hundredths
I can show this using a
place value chart. ● . ●●●●
●●●●
. ●●●● ●●●●●
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0 . 4 5
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Division with Decimals

Jagdeep had a strip of paper measuring
1.8 m. He cut it into 4 equal strips. How
long is each shorter strip of paper?
I can show this using
long division.

Each strip of paper is 0.45 m long.

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Division with Decimals

Zhiwei wants to divide 19 litres of water equally
into 6 pots. Find the volume of water in each
pot, correct to 2 decimal places.

Divide to 3 decimal places,

then round off the answer to
2 decimal places.

3.166.. ≈ 3.17
There are about 3.17
litres of water in each
pot.
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Estimation of Decimals
I can round off the decimal
that I obtain to check
whether it is a reasonable
answer.
Addition, Subtraction,
Multiplication
If the tenths digit is 1, 2, 3, or 4,
round down to the smaller ones
digit
To round off to the nearest
whole number, look at the digit
in the tenths place.
Division
If the tenths digit is 1, 2, 3, or 4,
round down to the smaller whole
number that is divisible

If the tenths digit is 5, 6, 7, 8 or If the tenths digit is 5, 6, 7, 8 or

9, round up to the greater ones 9, round up to the greater whole
digit number that is divisible

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Estimation of Decimals
Find the sum of 13.8 and 6.3, then check
your answer using estimation.
Calculation: 20.1 ≈ 20
13.8 + 6.3 = 20.1 My answer is reasonable.

Estimation:
13.8 ≈ 14 and 6.3 ≈ 6
14 + 6 = 20

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Estimation of Decimals
Find the value of 35.72 – 23.15, then check
your answer using estimation.
Calculation: 12.57 ≈ 13
35.72 – 23.15 = 12.57 My answer is reasonable.

Estimation:
35.72 ≈ 36 and 23.15 ≈ 23
36 – 23 = 13

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Estimation of Decimals
Find the value of 50.04 ÷ 6, then check your
answer using estimation.
Calculation: 8.34 ≈ 8
50.04 ÷ 6 = 8.34 My answer is reasonable.

Estimation:
50.04 ≈ 48 48 ÷ 6
50.04 ÷ 6
48 ÷ 6 = 8 54 ÷ 6

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Example
Solve the following. Estimate to check your
answers.
(a) 13.402 + 5.05 = _______
18.452
(b) 62 – 3.288 = _______
58.712
(c) $24.05 – $4.89 = _______
$19.16
(d) 7.16 g x 9 = _______
64.44 g
(e) 5.75 km ÷ 5 = _______
1.15 km
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Reference - Textbooks
Learning Outcomes
Addition with decimals 4B Pg 48 – 51, 58 4B Pg 32 – 37, 57
– 60 – 62
Subtraction with decimals 4B Pg 52 – 57, 58 4B Pg 38 – 42, 57
– 60 – 62
Multiplication with decimals 4B Pg 61 – 65, 77 4B Pg 43 – 48, 57
– 80 – 62
Division with decimals 4B Pg 66 – 72, 77 4B Pg 49 – 56, 57
– 80 – 62
Estimation of decimals 4B Pg 73 – 76, 77 4B Pg 32 – 63
– 80
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