FREE Adding and Subtracting Decimals Activities PDF for 5th Grade

Are you a 5th grade math teacher trying to figure out more ways to help your students get engaged with no prep printable free adding and subtracting decimals activities PDF printables?

You’ve come to the right place. In this blog, we are talking about this no prep FREE adding and subtracting decimals mystery puzzle activity that your student will repeatedly ask for.

Reasons to teach decimals operations?

It’s a very important skill to teach your students how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals. The knowledge that your students gain by building this particular skill is very important in their daily lives while dealing with height, weight, money etc.

But before this, they need to nail down their basic about decimal place values. Having prior knowledge of decimal place values, your students will be better able to understand decimal operations like adding and subtracting decimals.

Here are a few activities you can try in your classroom for teaching decimal addition and subtraction:

Engaging Activities for Adding and Subtracting Decimals Activities PDF

Keep in mind you need to build up your student’s basic understanding of decimal numbers before you use this printable mystery puzzle activity for review work.

Adding and Subtracting Decimals Mystery Puzzle Activity

Suppose you want to review adding and subtracting decimals for your 5th grade math students. Your goal is to make them capable enough to be able to think independently on the math problems. Why not try these no prep adding decimals mystery puzzle worksheets? Here is an example of how it looks:

How does this activity work?

First, print the activity page and cut the puzzle pieces on the right side of the page. You can even tell your students to cut the pieces themselves.

Second, they solve the problem of adding and subtracting decimals on the left side of the page. They can use the block they are working on to show their work or even use the back side of the page to show.

Lastly, they find the puzzle picture with the answer they have found and paste it on that specific question. Encourage them to keep on working until they reveal the mystery picture.

This activity not only helps them with their decimal problem solving skills but also lets them wonder what mystery lies ahead of them.

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The activity has an answer key in case your kiddos get stuck while solving the puzzle.

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