Place Value
In the number 483,726, what is the value of the digit 8?
80,000
Write 4.6 in word form.
Four and six tenths.
Fill in the blank with >, < or =: 0.8 ___ 0.80
=
Round 648 to the nearest hundred.
600
A ribbon is 3.5 meters long. Another ribbon is 2.2 meters long. What is their total length?
3.5 + 2.2 = 5.7 meters.
In 5.372, what is the value of the digit 7?
0.07 (7 hundredths)
Write 'seven and thirty-two hundredths' in standard form.
7.32
Which is greater: 3.45 or 3.405?
3.45 (3.450 > 3.405)
Round 7.36 to the nearest tenth.
7.4
A jug holds 4 liters of water. If 1.65 liters are poured out, how much water remains?
4 − 1.65 = 2.35 liters.
How many times greater is the value of the 6 in 6,432 than the value of the 6 in 64.32?
100 times
Write 8.405 in expanded form.
8 + 0.4 + 0.005
Order from least to greatest: 0.72, 0.702, 0.27.
0.27, 0.702, 0.72
Round 24.785 to the nearest hundredth
24.79
A runner completes 3 laps of a track that is 0.4 kilometer long. How far does the runner travel?
3 × 0.4 = 1.2 kilometers.
What number is 1/10 the value of 73.5?
7.35
Write 6 + 0.07 + 0.009 in standard form and word form.
6.079; six and seventy-nine thousandths.
Insert a digit to make this statement true: 5.3□ > 5.37. Give one possible answer.
Any digit greater than 7, so 8 or 9. For example, 5.38.
A number rounds to 5.7 when rounded to the nearest tenth. Give a number that could round to 5.7.
Any number from 5.65 up to, but not including, 5.75. For example, 5.72.
A store has 6.3 kilograms of apples. The apples are packed equally into 3 boxes. How many kilograms are in each box?
6.3 ÷ 3 = 2.1 kilograms.
A digit in the hundredths place is 4. If the number is multiplied by 1,000, in which place will that digit appear, and what is its new value?
The tens place; its value is 40.
A number has 3 ones, 12 tenths and 5 hundredths. Write it in standard form.
4.25 (12 tenths = 1 one and 2 tenths.)
Four students ran different distances: 2.305 km, 2.35 km, 2.053 km and 2.503 km. Who ran the second-farthest distance if the distances are listed from greatest to least?
The student who ran 2.35 km. Order: 2.503, 2.350, 2.305, 2.053.
A number rounds to 8.4 to the nearest tenth and 8 to the nearest whole number. What is the greatest possible value of the number if it has two decimal places?
8.44
A baker has 7.2 pounds of flour. She divides the flour equally into 6 containers. How many pounds of flour are in each container?
1.2 pounds