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Decimal Place Value Practice
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Decimal Place Value Practice
Help plan a trip around Aotearoa by comparing distances and costs. Read each decimal carefully, and show your thinking where asked.
Decimal detective
Use place value to solve the challenges.
1.A hiking track is 6.48 km long. Which digit is in the hundredths place?
2.A ferry ticket costs $12.07. What is the value of the digit 7 in this amount?
- 7 dollars
- 7 tenths of a dollar (70 cents)
- 7 hundredths of a dollar (7 cents)
3.Choose the greatest distance: 3.6 km, 3.56 km, or 3.605 km.
- 3.6 km
- 3.56 km
- 3.605 km
4.Write 0.4 as a fraction with denominator 10, and 0.07 as a fraction with denominator 100.
5.A camper records a morning temperature of 8.03°C. Write this decimal in words, using place-value language.
Compare, convert and explain
Use equivalent decimals and fractions to make your answers clear.
6.Order these track lengths from shortest to longest: 4.32 km, 4.3 km, 4.23 km. Add zeroes if they help you compare.
7.A map distance is 7.63 km. Explain the value of the digit 6 in 7.63.
8.The fraction 45/100 represents part of a kilometre. Write it as a decimal.
9.A snack costs $2.50 and a drink costs $2.05. How much more does the snack cost? Show a subtraction or explain your method.
10.True or false? 5.08 is greater than 5.8. Explain by comparing the tenths digits or writing equivalent decimal places.
11.Make a decimal greater than 2.4 but less than 2.5 that has 7 in the hundredths place. Write it and explain why it fits.
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