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Class 5 Maths — Decimal place value

Say what each digit is worth in a decimal number.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

This line runs from 0 to 1 in tenths. Look at where each tenth falls, and how much of the way along 0.7 really is.

0.00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.91.0

Every decimal between 0 and 1 lives somewhere on this line. There is nothing beyond the ends of it, however many digits are written.

  1. 1.What is 7.8 rounded to the nearest whole number?

    • a) 8
    • b) 7
    • c) 80
    • d) 7.5

  2. 2.How many thousandths are the same as 0.46?

  3. 3.Which number is the largest?

    • a) 0.45
    • b) 0.409
    • c) 0.5
    • d) 0.4999

  4. 4.In 12.905, which digit is in the hundredths place?

    • a) 0
    • b) 2
    • c) 9
    • d) 5

  5. 5.Put these in order, smallest first.

    • 2.3
    • 2.03
    • 2.4
    • 2.31

  6. 6.Match each number to what its 3 is worth.

    • 0.35
    • 0.53
    • 3.5
    • 0.053
    • 3
    • 0.3
    • 0.003
    • 0.03

  7. 7.In 5.062, what is the 6 worth?

    • a) 6 tenths
    • b) 6 ones
    • c) 6 thousandths
    • d) 6 hundredths

  8. 8.Put these in order, smallest first.

    • 0.11
    • 0.2
    • 0.1
    • 0.21

Answer key — Class 5 Maths — Decimal place value

  1. 1. a) 8
  2. 2. 460
  3. 3. c) 0.5
  4. 4. a) 0
  5. 5. 1. 2.03 2. 2.3 3. 2.31 4. 2.4
  6. 6. 0.35 → 0.3; 0.53 → 0.03; 3.5 → 3; 0.053 → 0.003
  7. 7. d) 6 hundredths
  8. 8. 1. 0.1 2. 0.11 3. 0.2 4. 0.21