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Grade 2 · Foundation · free GCSE maths worksheet

Adding and subtracting decimals

Lining up decimal points in column methods.

9 original questions, 17 marks. Print the worksheet, mark it with the answers sheet, and use the solutions to see every step written out by hand.

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The questions

1

Work out 3.6 + 2.45

1 mark
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6.05
2

Lily buys 3 notebooks and a pen.

Each notebook costs £1.35.

The pen costs 85p.

Lily pays with a £10 note.

Work out how much change Lily should get.

3 marks
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£5.10
3

Work out 12.7 − 4.35

1 mark
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8.35
4

Work out 10 − 3.47

2 marks
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6.53
5

Two ribbons are 1.75 m and 2.6 m long.

  1. Work out the total length of the two ribbons.
  2. Work out how much longer the second ribbon is than the first.
2 marks
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a) 4.35 m b) 0.85 m
6

A runner runs 5.8 km on Saturday and 12.45 km on Sunday.

How much further did the runner run on Sunday?

2 marks
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6.65 km
7

Hana buys a book for £6.95, a pen for £1.80 and a notebook for £2.45. She pays with a £20 note.

How much change does she get?

3 marks
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£8.80
8

Find the number that is exactly halfway between 3.2 and 4.8

1 mark
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4
9

Amir has £20

He buys a book costing £7.65 and a magazine costing £4.80

Work out how much money Amir has left.

2 marks
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£7.55

Every question here is original and written by Robinson Tuition. The grade follows the Edexcel grade descriptors and suits AQA and OCR too; this is not an exam-board paper.

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