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Decimal Points and Place

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Decimal Points and Place

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📊 Part 1: Understanding Decimal Points

1. Circle the decimal numbers:

5

3.2

0.7

12

4.05

2. What does the decimal point show us?

It separates whole numbers from parts of numbers

It makes numbers bigger

It's just decoration

It means addition

3. Which number is bigger?

0.5

0.05

4. In the number 2.34, what does the digit 3 represent?

3 ones

3 tenths

3 hundredths

3 thousands

🔢 Part 2: Reading and Writing Decimals

5. Write these decimals as fractions:

a) 0.3 = _______

b) 0.07 = _______

c) 0.25 = _______

d) 0.6 = _______

6. Write these numbers in order from smallest to largest:

2.5, 0.8, 3.1, 0.05, 1.9

7. Fill in the missing decimals on this number line:

0 _____ 0.2 _____ 0.4 _____ 0.6 _____ 0.8 _____ 1.0

8. Complete these sentences:

a) In 4.27, there are _____ ones, _____ tenths, and _____ hundredths.

b) The decimal 0.9 is the same as the fraction _______.

💰 Part 3: Real-Life Decimals

9. You have $5.50 to spend. Circle the items you can afford:

Apple juice $2.75

Sandwich $4.20

Chocolate bar $1.85

Muffin $3.50

10. Sarah ran 2.8 kilometres and Tom ran 2.75 kilometres. Who ran further and by how much?
11. Explain in your own words what a decimal point does in a number:

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