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Lesson 9: Adding and subtracting decimals word problems
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Adding and subtracting decimals word problems
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Adding & subtracting decimals word problems

CCSS.Math: 6.NS.B.3
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Problem

Rosa is building a guitar. The second fret is 33, point, 641, start text, m, m, end text from the first fret. The third fret is 31, point, 749, start text, m, m, end text from the second fret.
How far is the third fret from the first fret?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
start text, m, m, end text
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