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Thousandths Decimal Notation

Help prepare decimal labels for a community fun run. Read each question carefully. Use zeros as placeholders when needed, and show your thinking for the challenge.

Decimal detective

A timing screen records seconds to the nearest thousandth.

1.Which decimal shows nine thousandths?

0.9
0.09
0.009
9.000

2.Write 0.372 in words, naming its place-value unit.

3.In 0.604, state the place value of the digits 6, 0 and 4, in that order.

4.Write ‘forty-two thousandths’ as a decimal. Include all necessary zeros.

Check the timing displays

Compare the recorded times and put the correct symbol in each gap.

5.Complete both comparisons: 0.508 ___ 0.580 and 0.070 ___ 0.07.

6.Order these runner times from fastest (smallest) to slowest (largest): 0.936 s, 0.963 s, 0.903 s, 0.930 s.

7.A display rounds times to the nearest hundredth. What is 0.746 s rounded to the nearest hundredth?

Make sense of the digits

Use what you know about tenths, hundredths and thousandths to solve each problem.

8.Which is greater: 0.4 or 0.389? Explain briefly by comparing place values.

9.A runner’s time is exactly halfway between 0.218 s and 0.219 s. What is the halfway time?

10.A sensor shows 0.125 kg. Complete the equivalent fraction: 0.125 = / 1000.

11.Create a decimal with three digits after the decimal point that is greater than 0.6 and less than 0.61. Write one possible answer.

12.The results board reads 0.308 s. Layla says, ‘That is three hundred and eight hundredths.’ Is Layla correct? Explain the mistake and give the correct name.