Green – Decimals Place Value Measure
Place Value
607.85 = 6 hundreds plus no tens plus 7 ones plus 8 tenths plus 5
hundredths
The place value of the 8 is 8 tenths
1. Write these numbers as decimals:
a. five tens, no ones and four tenths
b. 9 ones, 3 tenths and 9 hundredths
c. 6 thousands, no hundreds, 3 tens, 4 ones and 1 tenth
d. three hundreds and two tenths
e. five thousandths
2. What is the place value of the digit 9 in each of these numbers?
a. 90.41
b. 0.97
c. 69.003
d. 5.091
e. 0.009
3. Write true or false for each of these:
a. 0.04 is the same as 4 tenths
b. 3 hundredths is the same as 0.03
c. forty and three tenths is the same as 4.3
d. 0.4 is the same as 0.40
4.
CAUTION use only as directed
Maximum safe dose for adults is 0.045 grams
a. Is this measurement given in tenths, hundredths or thousandths?
b. A child’s dose is fifteen thousandths less than the adult dose. Write a child’s
dose in decimals.
Solutions
1. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
50.4
9.39
6034.1
300.2
0.005
2. a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
9
9
9
9
9
3. a.
b.
c.
d.
F
T
T
T
tens = 90
tenths = 0.9
ones or units = 9
hundredths = 0.09
thousandths = 0.009
4. a. Thousandths
b. Child’s dose = 0.030 grams.
Bibliography Information
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Problems
Bibliography Information
1–4
Barton, David. Alpha Mathematics. Auckland:
Longman.