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This activity will help us to learn about addition of three numbers with decimals.

 

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Add the numbers together.

 

First of all, we need to write the numbers out, one above the other, making sure that we line up all the decimal points in a line. Also, put a decimal point in the answer box, lined up with the other ones.

 

Now we simply add the columns, starting from the right-hand column, as we would in our usual column method of addition. If necessary, we carry digits to the next column as we go along.

 

 

+ 2 . 4 6
5 . 6 1
5 . 4 9
 

 

 

 Answer

 

+   2 . 4 6
  5 . 6 1
  5 . 4 9
  1 3 . 5 6

 

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