Decimal Word Problems Worksheets

How to Solve Decimal Word Problems - When you are lining yourself up to solve a story based math word problem and you notice a decimal value, you should approach it slightly differently than other word problems. The first step you should always take with these problems is to outline how you will go about solving it. We begin that process by identifying what the problem is giving us. Begin by looking for keywords that might indicate how the data that is given is related to one another and how we can learn from this. We know that a decimal value can easily be converted to a fraction or a percentage if needed, we should keep this in mind. Once we identify how the data relates to one another and get our value in the right form we just process the calculation and then make certain that if any units of measure are included that we account for that and use the right units.