Grade 5 Subtraction: Decimal subtraction
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What students practice: Decimal subtraction matches 5.NBT.B.7, but the standard stops at hundredths and the skill can use more places.
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Grade 5 · Subtraction · Decimal subtraction · Standard: set 1 ready, 0 problems.
Grade 5 · Subtraction
Decimal Subtraction
Set 1 · Grade 5 · Subtraction
Example problems by difficulty
Real samples from this generator. Every worksheet is a fresh random set, so yours will differ.
Easy
9.25 - 5.45 = ___
Answer: 3.80
79.68 - 22.13 = ___
Answer: 57.55
Standard
669.16 - 356.33 = ___
Answer: 312.83
786.07 - 710.05 = ___
Answer: 76.02
Challenge
4842.88 - 2821.15 = ___
Answer: 2021.73
802.45 - 633.24 = ___
Answer: 169.21
Where this skill fits
- Previous skill: Multi-digit subtraction
- Next skill: Mixed multi-digit subtraction
- All grades: Subtraction worksheets, Grades 1–5
Related Common Core standards
- 5.NBT.B.7 — Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals to hundredths.
The match is approximate (a prerequisite, extension or different context), so treat this as related practice rather than coverage of the standard. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.