# 5.2 Decimal operations

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By the end of this section, you will be able to:
• Multiply decimals
• Divide decimals
• Use decimals in money applications

Before you get started, take this readiness quiz.

Let’s take one more look at the lunch order from the start of Decimals , this time noticing how the numbers were added together.

All three items (sandwich, water, tax) were priced in dollars and cents, so we lined up the dollars under the dollars and the cents under the cents, with the decimal point s lined up between them. Then we just added each column, as if we were adding whole numbers. By lining up decimal s this way, we can add or subtract the corresponding place values just as we did with whole numbers.

1. Write the numbers vertically so the decimal points line up.
2. Use zeros as place holders, as needed.
3. Add or subtract the numbers as if they were whole numbers. Then place the decimal in the answer under the decimal points in the given numbers.

Add: $3.7+12.4.$

## Solution

 $3.7+12.4$ Write the numbers vertically so the decimal points line up. $\begin{array}{c}\hfill 3.7\\ \hfill \underset{\text{_____}}{+12.4}\end{array}$ Place holders are not needed since both numbers have the same number of decimal places. Add the numbers as if they were whole numbers. Then place the decimal in the answer under the decimal points in the given numbers. $\begin{array}{c}\hfill \stackrel{1}{3}.7\\ \hfill \underset{\text{_____}}{+12.4}\\ \hfill 16.1\end{array}$

Add: $5.7+11.9.$

17.6

Add: $18.32+14.79.$

33.11

Add: $23.5+41.38.$

## Solution

 $23.5+41.38$ Write the numbers vertically so the decimal points line up. Place 0 as a place holder after the 5 in 23.5, so that both numbers have two decimal places. Add the numbers as if they were whole numbers. Then place the decimal in the answer under the decimal points in the given numbers.

Add: $4.8+11.69.$

16.49

Add: $5.123+18.47.$

23.593

How much change would you get if you handed the cashier a $\text{20}$ bill for a $\text{14.65}$ purchase? We will show the steps to calculate this in the next example.

Subtract: $20-14.65.$

## Solution

 $20-14.65$ Write the numbers vertically so the decimal points line up. Remember 20 is a whole number, so place the decimal point after the 0. Place two zeros after the decimal point in 20, as place holders so that both numbers have two decimal places. Subtract the numbers as if they were whole numbers. Then place the decimal in the answer under the decimal points in the given numbers.

Subtract:

$10-9.58.$

0.42

Subtract:

$50-37.42.$

12.58

Subtract: $2.51-7.4.$

## Solution

If we subtract $7.4$ from $2.51,$ the answer will be negative since $7.4>2.51.$ To subtract easily, we can subtract $2.51$ from $7.4.$ Then we will place the negative sign in the result.

 $2.51-7.4$ Write the numbers vertically so the decimal points line up. Place zero after the 4 in 7.4 as a place holder, so that both numbers have two decimal places. Subtract and place the decimal in the answer. Remember that we are really subtracting $2.51-7.4$ as a place holder, so that both numbers have two decimal places. $2.51-7.4=-4.89$

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