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Exploring Place Value Tenths
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Exploring Place Value Tenths
Read each question carefully. Show your thinking where space is provided. Use a decimal point in the correct place.
Understanding Tenths
1.A number has 5 ones and 8 tenths. Which decimal represents it?
- 5.8
- 58
- 0.58
- 8.5
2.Which decimal is equivalent to 6/10?
- 6.0
- 0.06
- 0.6
- 60
3.Where does 1.6 belong on a number line that runs from 0 to 2?
- Between 0 and 1
- Between 1 and 2
- At 1 exactly
- At 2 exactly
4.Which number is halfway between 0.2 and 0.6?
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.8
5.Match each decimal to the description of its tenths digit.
- 3.9
- 0.2
- 6.5
- 1.7
- 5 tenths
- 9 tenths
- 7 tenths
- 2 tenths
Place Value Practice
6.For the decimal 4.3, state the value of the digit 4 and the value of the digit 3.
7.Write each number as a decimal: 2 ones and 6 tenths; 9 tenths; 7 ones and 1 tenth.
8.Write 0.8 as a fraction with a denominator of 10. Then write 2.5 as a mixed number using tenths.
9.Write 3.7 in expanded form, showing the value of each digit.
10.Plot 0.4, 1.1 and 1.7 on the number line from 0 to 2. Label each point.
Tenths in Everyday Situations
11.A seedling grew 2.4 centimetres in a week. What does the digit 4 represent in 2.4? Include the unit in your answer.
12.Put these decimals in order from smallest to largest: 1.6, 0.9, 1.2, 0.3, 1.0.
13.A drink bottle contains 1.7 litres of water. How many whole litres and how many tenths of a litre is that?
14.A ribbon is 0.6 metres long. Write its length in centimetres. (1 metre = 100 centimetres.)
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