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Decimal Counting Practice
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Decimal Counting Practice
Help prepare a decimal-number trail for a community fun run. Read each task carefully. Show your thinking where asked, and remember that zeros can be important place holders.
Build the number trail
Complete each sequence, then solve the trail puzzles.
1.A marker is placed every 0.01 km, starting at 0.45 km. Fill the missing distances: 0.45, ____, ____, 0.48, ____, ____, 0.51.
2.A runner is 5.0 km from the start and checks their progress every 0.1 km. Complete the countdown: 5.0, ____, ____, 4.7, ____, ____, 4.4.
3.A timing display increases by 0.001 seconds each tick. Fill in: 0.100, ____, ____, 0.103, ____, ____, 0.106.
4.A volunteer counts forward from 3.45 by 0.01. Which line shows the next three numbers?
- 3.46, 3.47, 3.48
- 3.55, 3.65, 3.75
- 3.46, 3.48, 3.50
- 3.44, 3.43, 3.42
5.A distance counter starts at 2.98 km and increases by 0.01 km each time. Write the next four readings.
6.The sequence counts backwards by 0.25: 4.50, 4.25, ____, 3.75, ____. Write both missing numbers.
7.Four checkpoints are at 1.08 km, 1.8 km, 1.18 km and 1.008 km. Put the distances in order from shortest to longest.
8.A sequence begins 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2. Choose the rule that makes this sequence.
- Count forward by 0.02
- Count forward by 0.2
- Count backwards by 0.2
- Count forward by 2
9.Ari says that counting forward by 0.01 from 6.97 gives 6.98, 6.99, 6.100. Is Ari correct? Write the correct sequence and explain what happens at 6.99.
10.Create a five-number sequence that counts backwards by 0.05. Start with any number between 1 and 3, and write the counting rule.
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