Adding and Subtraction Decimals

Adding and Subtracting Decimals


Directions: Use the table to answer the questions.


                                                                                                         Busiest Ports in the United States

Port 

Imports Per Year

(millions of tons) 
 Exports Per Year

(millions of tons)

 South Louisiana, LA   30.6  57.42
 Houston, TX  75.12  33.43
 New York, NY and NJ  53.52  8.03
 New Orleans, LA  26.38   21.73
 Corpus Christi, TX   52.6  7.64

1. How many more tons of imports than

exports does the Port of New Orleans handle

each year?


2. How many tons of imports and exports

are shipped through the port of Houston,

Texas, each year in all?


3. Which port handles more exports than

imports each year? How many more tons of

exports does it handle?


4. Which two ports import the most goods

each year. How many tons of imports do

they ship altogether?


5. Which port ships 0.39 more tons of

exports each year than the port at Corpus

Christi, Texas?


6. What is the difference between the

imports and exports shipped in and out of

Corpus Christi’s port each year?


7. What is the total number of imports

shipped into the nation’s 5 busiest ports each

year?


8. What is the total amount of exports

shipped out of the nation’s 5 busiest ports

each year?

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