Grade 5 Subtracting Decimals to Hundredths
Subtracting decimals to hundredths in grade 5, with the decimal points aligned before anything else happens. Eighteen problems plus a full key.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Subtract the decimals. Line up the decimal points before you subtract.
- 1.40.85 − 2.75 =
- 2.46.96 − 34.84 =
- 3.38.11 − 22.55 =
- 4.52.94 − 10.85 =
- 5.20.13 − 8.47 =
- 6.18.85 − 4.61 =
- 7.38.77 − 21.24 =
- 8.35.89 − 1.93 =
- 9.58.49 − 47.86 =
- 10.49.67 − 43.86 =
- 11.51.84 − 8.42 =
- 12.32.47 − 12.03 =
- 13.31.24 − 28.24 =
- 14.53.67 − 40.73 =
- 15.45.17 − 38.24 =
- 16.55.96 − 31.37 =
- 17.14.16 − 9.72 =
- 18.56.89 − 43.07 =
What this worksheet covers
Eighteen decimals problems fill this mixed review page; problem 7 asks "38.77 − 21.24", and the sheet stays at that level throughout. What makes this set particular: operands run to two decimal places, so the decimal points have to be lined up rather than the right-hand digits and the numbers run as high as 58.49. Further down, problem 13 asks "31.24 − 28.24". Common Core 5.NBT.7 is the slot this page fills.
Skills practised
The grade 5 decimals sequence covers adding and subtracting decimals to hundredths, and multiplying and dividing by whole numbers; this page sits inside it. The skill on the page: grade 5 Subtracting Decimals to Hundredths. Concretely, the sheet tests whether a student can keep the decimal points aligned.
About the mixed review format
The 18 problems are deliberately assorted — problem 7, "38.77 − 21.24" is followed by something of another shape — so the student has to read each one rather than run the last method again. Adding, comparing and multiplying on the same page keeps the student choosing where the point goes rather than assuming.
Set A, Set B and Set C
Set A is the original MathSheetLab worksheet; Sets B and C keep its structure and redraw the numbers, with each answer recomputed rather than copied. Where Set A's problem 10 is "49.67 − 43.86", Set B's is "42.63 − 30.29".
How to use this worksheet
By grade 5 a student should take all eighteen decimals problems in one sitting. If the page takes more than about fifteen minutes, the underlying facts are probably not automatic yet, and that is worth fixing before more decimals practice piles on. Mark the eighteen problems the same day using the key — an error caught immediately is a correction, and one caught next week is a habit.
One mistake to watch for
Decimals are aligned to the right: 3.5 + 0.42 = 3.92. Watch problem 13 of this mixed review — "31.24 − 28.24" — for this one.
The right-alignment habit from whole numbers is being applied to a notation where the point, not the right edge, fixes the value.
Write in the placeholder zero (3.50) before adding; aligning the points then aligns everything else.
Other grade 5 decimals formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 5 Adding Decimals to Hundredths, 18 problems
- Timed Drill — Grade 5 Decimals Timed Drill, 72 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 5 Decimals Missing Number, 24 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 5 Decimals Word Problems, 10 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- Grade 4 Decimals Mixed Review — grade 4, 30 problems
- Grade 6 Subtracting Multi-Digit Decimals — grade 6, 16 problems
Mixed Review sheets in other grade 5 topics
Six PDFs, no sign-up: three versions of this grade 5 decimals mixed review and three answer keys, each eighteen problems long.