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To solve this problem, follow these steps:
Step 1: Align the numbers and by their decimal points:
Step 2: Add these numbers starting from the rightmost digit, considering each place value.
Adding hundredths place:
Adding tenths place:
, write down and carry over 1 to the next column.
Adding whole number and carry over:
Thus, the sum is .
Therefore, the solution to the problem is .
31.37
\( \text{0.6+0}.5= \)
Adding zeros to the right of decimals doesn't change the value! helps you see that there are 0 hundredths to add to the 7 hundredths in 0.77.
That's exactly when alignment is most important! Write the numbers in vertical format with decimal points directly above and below each other, like a column.
Yes! The same carrying rules apply. When in the tenths place, write 3 and carry the 1 to the ones place, just like with whole numbers.
The decimal point in your answer goes in the same column as the decimal points in the problem. It lines up vertically with the others!
Add zeros to make them equal! For example, if adding 2.5 + 1.23, write it as so both have 2 decimal places.
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