Worksheet directions

Grade 6 • Homework • Use the strategies practiced in class. Show your work and check your answers.

Sample questions

1. Solve 20.8 - 0.4. Check the result with an inverse operation and explain why the check works.
2. Solve 41.2 - 0.76. Check the result with an inverse operation and explain why the check works.
3. A student claims 27.6 - 0.52 = 270.8. Use place value or an estimate to diagnose the decimal-point error and give the correct answer.
4. A student claims 48 - 0.88 = 471.2. Use place value or an estimate to diagnose the decimal-point error and give the correct answer.
5. Compute 14 - 0.28 using the standard algorithm. Explain how you determine the decimal point in the answer.
6. Compute 34.4 - 0.64 using the standard algorithm. Explain how you determine the decimal point in the answer.

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Common Core connections

Source labels: 6.NS.B.3. Review the learning goals below to check the fit for your class.

• 6.NS.B.3 — Add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals

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