About this worksheet
Add decimal numbers in columns, lining up the decimal points.
- Whole-number column addition with carrying.
- Read a decimal as 'point' followed by digits in the tenths, hundredths places.
With mastery, the student learns
- Line up decimal points first, then add column-by-column from the right.
- Carry across the decimal point exactly as you would in whole-number addition.
- Pad with trailing zeros so every operand has the same number of decimal places.