Grade 6 Subtracting Multi-Digit Decimals
Grade 6 decimal subtraction to the thousandths place using the standard algorithm. Sixteen problems on a free printable PDF with the answer key.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Subtract the decimals using the standard algorithm. Line up the decimal points.
- 1.82.951 − 60.877 =
- 2.73.419 − 23.804 =
- 3.36.742 − 5.676 =
- 4.98.292 − 5.202 =
- 5.89.941 − 41.685 =
- 6.75.308 − 31.499 =
- 7.86.556 − 45.085 =
- 8.57.376 − 14.863 =
- 9.40.151 − 4.487 =
- 10.34.627 − 23.148 =
- 11.27.682 − 7.788 =
- 12.36.505 − 3.236 =
- 13.98.494 − 20.634 =
- 14.96.611 − 2.006 =
- 15.77.243 − 46.238 =
- 16.73.854 − 28.589 =
What this worksheet covers
There are sixteen decimals problems here — one page to work, one page of answers to check against — and Sets B and C repeat the layout with different numbers. Within that, operands run to three decimal places, so the decimal points have to be lined up rather than the right-hand digits and the numbers run as high as 98.494. Problems 6 and 11, for instance, are "75.308 − 31.499" and "27.682 − 7.788". Common Core 6.NS.3 is the slot this page fills.
Skills practiced
The grade 6 decimals sequence covers multiplying and dividing decimals by decimals, and multi-digit decimal sums and differences; this page sits inside it. The skill on the page: grade 6 Subtracting Multi-Digit Decimals. To finish it, a student has to keep the decimal points aligned.
About the mixed review format
Mixed review changes the problem shape as the page goes on, so the 16 problems here cover more than one shape rather than one procedure repeated; problem 6, "75.308 − 31.499" sits next to problems of a different kind. 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 sheet; Sets B and C redraw each problem with the same shape and recomputed answers. Where Set A's problem 9 is "40.151 − 4.487", Set B's is "88.807 − 2.554".
How to use this worksheet
Expect twenty minutes or so of real attention for sixteen problems. At grade 6, decimals rewards care over speed — a rushed mixed review gets the arithmetic right and the signs or units wrong. Mark the sixteen problems the same day using the key — an error caught immediately is a correction, and one caught next week is a habit.
Other grade 6 decimals formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 6 Adding Multi-Digit Decimals, 16 problems
- Timed Drill — Grade 6 Decimals Timed Drill, 60 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 6 Decimals Missing Number, 24 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 6 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 5 Subtracting Decimals to Hundredths — grade 5, 18 problems
- Grade 7 Dividing Rational Numbers — grade 7, 20 problems
Mixed Review sheets in other grade 6 topics
No paywall and no account — download any set of this grade 6 decimals mixed review, and the answers for all sixteen problems are in the matching key.