Decimals - Add Decimals with Different Decimal Places - Worksheet

The worksheet focuses on enhancing Year 6 students' skills in adding decimals with varying decimal places. It emphasizes the importance of aligning the decimal points correctly to maintain accurate place values during addition. Students are tasked with adding numbers that feature different decimal places, ensuring they consider the sensibility of their answers. The worksheet provides pre-arranged layouts and calculations to guide students through the process. To further support their learning, place value charts are included for students to visualize and complete their own calculations. This hands-on approach encourages precision and helps students identify and correct mistakes in decimal addition.

In addition to fluency exercises, the worksheet incorporates reasoning and problem-solving activities. These tasks challenge students to identify errors in provided calculations and to correct them using their understanding of decimal place alignment. For instance, students might encounter a miscalculation such as adding 3.13 and 1.3 and initially getting 3.26 as the result. They are then prompted to spot the mistake—misalignment of the decimal points—and to provide the correct answer, which should be 4.43. Through these exercises, the worksheet aims to reinforce students' numerical accuracy and their ability to reason logically when working with decimals.