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Decimal Number Lines Practice

Help plan a decimal-distance challenge for a local fun run. Read each number line by counting equal intervals. Show your thinking where asked.

Read and compare

Use the intervals shown to locate and compare decimal numbers.

1.The first number line runs from 0 to 1 in equal steps of 0.1. Which value is 4 steps after 0?

0.04
0.4
0.5
4.0

2.A runner reaches 3.7 km. The next marked point is one 0.1 interval further along. What distance is that?

3.Fill in the missing labels on this number line, which increases by 0.1 at each step: 5.2, , 5.4, , 5.6.

4.The course marker is at 2.6 km. Choose the decimal that is farther to the right on a number line.

2.06
2.59
2.61
2.16

Zoom in: hundredths

Between two tenths, each of ten equal smaller intervals represents one hundredth (0.01).

5.This number line is divided into 0.01 steps from 0.30 to 0.40. What value is three small steps after 0.30?

6.A water station is marked at 0.64 km and the next small tick is 0.01 further. What is the next tick's value?

7.Complete the sequence by counting in 0.01 steps: 1.27, , , 1.30.

8.Which statement is true about the distance from 0.5 to 0.6 on a number line?

It contains ten intervals of 0.01.
It contains one interval of 0.01.
It contains ten intervals of 0.1.
It contains one hundred intervals of 0.1.

Plan the course

Use decimal intervals to solve the fun-run measurement clues.

9.The course starts at 1.2 km and the next checkpoint is at 1.7 km. List the numbers you pass when counting by 0.1 after 1.2 and up to 1.7.

10.A runner says, “2.8 is smaller than 2.75 because 8 is less than 75.” Use a number line from 2.7 to 2.9 to explain why the runner is mistaken. Include where both numbers belong.