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Word Problems
100

Four thousandths is 0.004


What is Twenty-four thousandths?

0.024

100

Write down greater than, less than or equal to

34.223                                34.232

34.223 < 34.232

100

Round to the nearest one.

1.457

1

100

A root beer factory produces 132,554 cases in 100 days. About how many cases does the factory produce in 1 day?

1,325.54

100

Jordan measures a desk at 200 cm. James measures the same desk in millimeters, and Amy measures the same desk in meters. What is James’s measurement in millimeters? What is Amy’s measurement in meters? Show your thinking using a place value chart or an equation with exponents.

James' measurement is 2,000 mm.

Amy's measurement is 2 meters.

200

Four thousandths  is 0.004


600.008

Six hundred and eight thousandths

200

Write down greater than, less than or equal to

0.8                                 0.706

0.8 > 0.706

200

Round to the nearest tenth place.

0.994

1.0

200

A root beer factory produces 132,554 cases in 100 days. About how many cases does the factory produce in 1 day? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a case. Show your thinking on the number line.

1325.5

200

Ms. Meyer measured the edge of her dining table to the hundredths of a meter. The edge of the table measured 32.15 meters. Write her measurement in word form, unit form, and expanded form using fractions and decimals.

Word Form: Thirty two and fifteen hundredths of a meter.

Unit Form: 32.15

Expanded Form: 30 + 2 + 0.1 + 0.05

300

Express each of the following values in words.


11.037

eleven and thirty-seven thousandths.

300

Write down greater than, less than or equal to

    205                              0.205

   1000

205          =                0.205

1000

300

Round to the nearest ten place.

115.376

120

300

Using a number line to round 12.86 to the nearest tenth.  Make sure to include the midpoint.

12.9

Midpoint is 12.85

300

Craig, Randy, Charlie, and Sam ran in a 5K race on Saturday. They were the top 4 finishers. Here are their race times: Craig: 25.9 minutes Randy: 32.2 minutes Charlie: 32.28 minutes Sam: 25.85 minutes Who won first place? Who won second place? Third? Fourth?

1st: Sam

2nd: Craig

3rd: Randy

4th: Charlie

400

Write in expanded form

35.827

30 + 5 + 0.8 + 0.02 + 0.007

400

Arrange the numbers in increasing order.

a. 3.049 3.059 3.05 3.04

3.059

3.05

3.049

3.04

400

For open international competition, the throwing circle in the men’s shot put must have a diameter of 2.135 meters. Round this number to the nearest hundredth. Use a number line to show your work.

2.14

400

Round 32.697 to the nearest tenth, hundredth, and one.

tenth: 32.7

hundredth: 32.70

one: 33

400

Organic whole wheat flour sells in bags weighing 2.915 kilograms. 

a. How much flour is this when rounded to the nearest tenth? Use a place value chart and number line to explain your thinking. 

b. How much flour is this when rounded to the nearest one?

a) 2.9 Kg


b) 3 Kg

500

Write in Expanded Form


634.89

600 + 30 + 4 + 0.8 + 0.09

500

Dr. Stark prescribed 0.019 liter more medicine than Dr. Banner. Dr. Evans prescribed 0.02 less than Dr. Stark. Who prescribed the most medicine? Who prescribed the least?

Most: Stark

Least: Evans

500

Jen’s pedometer said she walked 2.549 miles. She rounded her distance to 3 miles. Her brother rounded her distance to 2.5 miles. When they argued about it, their mom said they were both right. Explain how that could be true.

Jen rounded it to the closest mile, her brother rounded it to the closest half mile.

500

Round 141.999 to the nearest tenth, hundredth, ten, and hundred.


tenth: 142.0

hundredth: 142.0

ten: 140

500

When you convert a big measurement to a small measurement, our answer gets _________.

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