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Understanding Tenths Worksheet

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Understanding Tenths Worksheet

Tenths fraction illustration

🎯 WALT: Understand tenths as fractions and decimals

Success Criteria: I can write tenths as fractions and decimals, and show them visually.

1. Circle the correct way to write "three tenths":

3/10

10/3

1/3

2. Which decimal shows seven tenths?

0.07

0.7

7.0

3. Complete the pattern:

1/10 = 0.1, 2/10 = 0.2, 3/10 = ____, 4/10 = ____, 5/10 = ____

4. Fill in the missing numbers:

a) ___/10 = 0.6

b) 9/10 = 0.___

c) ___/10 = 0.4

🎨 WALT: Show tenths using visual representations

Success Criteria: I can shade shapes to show tenths and count shaded parts.

5. Draw a rectangle and divide it into 10 equal parts. Shade 3 parts to show 3/10.
6. If a chocolate bar has 10 pieces and you eat 4 pieces:

a) What fraction did you eat? ___/10

b) Write this as a decimal: 0.___

c) What fraction is left? ___/10

7. Circle the shapes that show 0.7 (seven tenths):

A rectangle with 7 out of 10 parts shaded

A circle with 3 out of 10 parts shaded

A strip with 7 out of 10 squares coloured

🔢 WALT: Compare and order tenths

Success Criteria: I can put tenths in order and use greater than/less than symbols.

8. Put these decimals in order from smallest to largest:

0.8, 0.3, 0.9, 0.1, 0.6

9. Use >, < or = to compare these tenths:

a) 0.4 ___ 0.7

b) 6/10 ___ 0.6

c) 0.9 ___ 8/10

10. Real-life problem:

Sarah ran 0.8 kilometres and Tom ran 0.5 kilometres. Who ran further? Explain your answer.

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