Adding Three Decimal Numbers

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

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Key stage: KS 2

Curriculum topic: Maths and Numerical Reasoning

Curriculum subtopic: Decimals

Difficulty level:

Worksheet Overview

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

Pile of apples

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

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