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Why is it helpful to estimate the answer before adding or subtracting decimals?
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∙ 8y ago
It can be helpful for people who do not have a clue where the decimal point should go in the answer. For those who do know, the exercise is pointless.
Myrtice Paucek
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What grade do you learn adding decimals?
3rd. Adding Decimals 5th - Adding and subtracting 6th - Dividing Decimals
When adding and subtracting decimals will your answer be a mixed number?
Yes
How are decimals used as a carpenter?
adding subtracting multiplying and dividing
When adding and subtracting decimals you must?
add them or subtract them, as appropriate!
When do you need to write zero as a placeholder when adding and subtracting decimals?
Adding decimal same as adding whole numbers
How are adding subtracting decimals different from multiplying them?
They aren't. The rules are the same as those for adding/subtracting or multiplying integers. Just be careful of the decimal point's location.
When adding or subtracting decimals always do what?
First you write the decimals one under the other, in such as way that the decimal points are aligned.
What is the rule for significant figures when adding or subtracting decimals?
When adding and/or subtracting, your answer can only show as many decimal places as the measurement having the fewest number in the decimal places.
What types of math do carpenters use?
Mostly geometry, adding, subtracting fractions and decimals.
When adding or subtracting decimals the decimal point must be in line for all numbers?
Yes.
What happens to the decimal in adding and subtracting decimals?
When you are adding and subtracting decimals, youare +/- ing the whole numbers and tenths in the number. the decimal might go away ex: 1.3-0.3=1 or it won't ex: 1.9-0.3=1.6
Can someone do my gym workout adding and subtracting decimals on first in math please?
Yes l
