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Subtraction Problems with Decimals

Average Monthly Precipitation in Inches (1981–2010)

City Jan. Feb. Mar.
San Diego, California 2.48 2.16 2.45
Macon, Georgia 4.24 4.36 4.55
Evansville, Indiana 3.1 3.17 4.24
Sioux City, Iowa 0.62 0.67 2

Solve the following problems using the precipitation information above. Show how you solved each problem.

  • 1 In March, how much more precipitation on average was there in Evansville than in San Diego?

  • 2 In January, how much more precipitation on average was there in Evansville than in Sioux City?

  • 3 In February, how much more precipitation on average was there in Evansville than in San Diego?


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Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons