Add Three Decimal Numbers

In this worksheet, students will practise adding together three decimal numbers - ensuring that the decimal points are in line before carrying out a column addition.

Key stage: KS 2

Year: Year 5 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic: Number: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Curriculum subtopic: Solve Problems with Decimal Places

Difficulty level:

---- OR ---- Preview Activity

Worksheet Overview

In this activity, we will learn how to add three numbers with decimals.

boy thinking

Example

Find the total of:

7582.9 + 838.4 + 7390.8

Answer

The most important step is to line up the decimal points, before carrying out a column addition. Remember to exchange numbers if columns add to 10 or more (shown in red).

Adding with decimals

So the answer is 15,812.1

Are you ready to have a go yourself?

boy writing

---- OR ----

Preview activity

What is EdPlace?

We're your National Curriculum aligned online education content provider helping each child succeed in English, maths and science from year 1 to GCSE. With an EdPlace account you’ll be able to track and measure progress, helping each child achieve their best. We build confidence and attainment by personalising each child’s learning at a level that suits them.

Get started