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Understanding Decimals Deeply
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Understanding Decimals Deeply
Help prepare a stall for the local market. Read each clue carefully, show your thinking where you can, and use decimal place value to solve the challenges.
Place-value clues
Decimals help describe amounts between whole numbers.
1.The market scale shows 2.407 kg of apples. What is the value of the digit 4 in this number?
- 4 ones
- 4 tenths
- 4 hundredths
- 4 thousandths
2.A jar contains 0.36 kg of honey. Write this amount in words using hundredths.
3.The stall sells a ribbon that is 0.7 m long. The number line runs from 0 to 1 metre in tenths. Mark the point for 0.7.
4.A tray is divided into 10 equal parts. Three parts are shaded. What decimal of the tray is shaded?
Market maths
Use the prices and measurements in each challenge. Australian dollars are written with a dollar sign.
5.A bunch of carrots costs $2.35 and a bunch of celery costs $2.08. Which costs more, and by how much?
6.Put these market weights in order from lightest to heaviest: 0.8 kg, 0.08 kg, 0.18 kg, 0.81 kg.
7.Ivy says 0.50 is greater than 0.5 because 50 is greater than 5. Is Ivy correct? Explain what the zero at the end does.
8.The market's measuring jug holds 1 litre. It has 100 equal marks, and the water reaches the 64th mark. Write the amount of water in litres as a decimal.
9.A customer buys a loaf for $3.45 and a jar of jam for $4.20. How much do they spend altogether?
10.A stall needs a sign showing 2 wholes, 5 tenths, 0 hundredths and 8 thousandths. Write the number as a decimal.
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