Category 1: Place Value
Which digit in the number 63.748 has a value that is 1/10 of the value of the digit 7?
A. 4
B. 8
C. 3
D. 7
Answer: A. 4
Which number is greater than 0.56 but less than 0.6?
A. 0.65
B. 0.55
C. 0.58
D. 0.48
Answer: C. 0.58
What is 3.4 + 1.26?
A. 4.6
B. 5.66
C. 4.66
D. 5.6
Answer: C. 4.66
What is 0.5 × 6?
A. 3
B. 30
C. 0.3
D. 0.06
Answer: A. 3
A book costs $5.75 and a notebook costs $2.25. What is the total cost?
A. $7.90
B. $8.00
C. $7.00
D. $8.10
Answer: B. $8.00
What is the value of the underlined digit in 5.082?
A. 8 hundredths
B. 8 tenths
C. 8 thousandths
D. 8 ones
Answer: A. 8 hundredths
Which of the following lists the numbers in order from greatest to least?
A. 0.89, 0.809, 0.9
B. 0.9, 0.89, 0.809
C. 0.809, 0.9, 0.89
D. 0.89, 0.9, 0.809
Answer: B. 0.9, 0.89, 0.809
What is the result of 7.93 − 2.58?
A. 5.35
B. 6.35
C. 5.45
D. 5.25
Answer: A. 5.35
What is 2.4 ÷ 4?
A. 0.6
B. 0.4
C. 0.3
D. 6
Answer: A. 0.6
Lena ran 1.25 miles every day for 4 days. How many miles did she run total?
A. 5
B. 4.5
C. 6
D. 3
Answer: A. 5
Which number has a 5 that is 100 times the value of the 5 in 0.54?
A. 5.4
B. 0.054
C. 54
D. 0.504
Answer: C. 54
Which number is closer to 1 on a number line?
A. 0.98
B. 0.905
C. 0.87
D. 0.799
Answer: A. 0.98
Jacob ran 3.45 miles Monday and 2.65 miles Tuesday. How many miles did he run total?
A. 5.90
B. 6.10
C. 6.00
D. 5.80
Answer: C. 6.10
Which of the following is the product of 1.5 × 0.2?
A. 0.3
B. 0.7
C. 0.35
D. 3
Answer: A. 0.3
A bottle contains 2.4 liters of juice. If you pour it into cups that hold 0.3 liters each, how many full cups can you fill?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
Answer: C. 8
Which number has a 7 in the thousandths place?
A. 0.078
B. 7.008
C. 0.007
D. 0.87
Answer: C. 0.007
Round 7.486 to the nearest tenth.
A. 7.5
B. 7.4
C. 7.49
D. 7.48
Answer: A. 7.5
A store had $350.25. After a delivery, the store now has $524.60. How much money was added?
A. $184.45
B. $174.35
C. $184.35
D. $174.45
Answer: C. $174.35
Which expression has a product less than 1?
A. 1.8 × 5
B. 0.5 × 0.4
C. 3.2 × 0.9
D. 1.2 × 0.9
Answer: B. 0.5 × 0.4
A taxi charges $2.50 per mile. How much will a 3.6-mile ride cost?
A. $9.00
B. $8.50
C. $9.50
D. $10.00
Answer: A. $9.00
Which shows the number 5.029 in expanded form?
A. 5 + 0.02 + 0.009
B. 5 + 0.2 + 0.009
C. 5 + 0.02 + 0.9
D. 5 + 0.002 + 0.9
Answer: A. 5 + 0.02 + 0.009
Which comparison is true?
A. 0.84 < 0.804
B. 0.72 > 0.702
C. 0.56 = 0.5600
D. 0.608 > 0.68
Answer: C. 0.56 = 0.5600
A student solved 2.75 + 1.6 as 3.31. What mistake was likely made?
A. Added hundredths incorrectly
B. Did not align decimals
C. Subtracted instead of adding
D. Added tenths as whole numbers
Answer: B. Did not align decimals
A piece of wood is 4.5 meters long. If it is cut into 5 equal pieces, how long is each piece?
A. 0.9 meters
B. 0.85 meters
C. 1.2 meters
D. 0.75 meters
Answer: A. 0.9 meters
A box weighs 4.26 pounds. Another box weighs 3.58 pounds more. What is the total weight?
A. 7.74 pounds
B. 7.84 pounds
C. 7.64 pounds
D. 7.86 pounds
Answer: B. 7.84 pounds
Which of the following represents the number with a 6 in the tenths place, a 3 in the thousandths place, and a 0 in the hundredths place?
A. 4.603
B. 6.403
C. 5.063
D. 4.630
Answer: A. 4.603
Which number is between 4.32 and 4.37, and has a 6 in the hundredths place?
A. 4.326
B. 4.365
C. 4.236
D. 4.306
Answer: B. 4.365
A tank holds 9.5 gallons of water. After using 2.37 gallons in the morning and 4.06 gallons in the afternoon, how much water is left?
A. 3.13 gallons
B. 2.97 gallons
C. 3.07 gallons
D. 2.83 gallons
Answer: A. 3.07 gallons
Which of the following is equal to 4.2 ÷ 0.6?
A. 0.7
B. 7
C. 6
D. 70
Answer: B. 7
A recipe uses 0.75 cups of sugar for one cake. How much sugar is needed to make 6 cakes?
A. 4.25 cups
B. 4.50 cups
C. 3.75 cups
D. 5.50 cups
Answer: B. 4.50 cups
Ms. Vega measured the depth of a swimming pool as 12.407 meters. She then filled in a section that added 0.036 meters of depth.
After the addition, what digit in the resulting depth represents hundredths place value?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 0
D. 6
Answer: A. 4
Explanation: 12.407 + 0.036 = 12.443. The hundredths place is 4.
A group of students measured the length of four insects and recorded the results:
Insect A: 0.684 in
Insect B: 0.648 in
Insect C: 0.846 in
Insect D: 0.864 in
Which insect is the second longest, and what is its length?
A. Insect A – 0.684 in
B. Insect D – 0.864 in
C. Insect C – 0.846 in
D. Insect B – 0.648 in
Answer: C. Insect C – 0.846 in
Explanation: Ordered from greatest: 0.864, 0.846, 0.684, 0.648. Second is Insect C.
A chef had 12.85 pounds of flour. She used 4.38 pounds to make bread and 2.67 pounds to make muffins.
How much flour does she have left?
A. 6.19 pounds
B. 5.90 pounds
C. 5.80 pounds
D. 7.10 pounds
C. 5.80 pounds
A box of granola weighs 1.25 pounds. If a grocery store stocks 48 identical boxes, what is the total weight of the granola in pounds?
A. 60.00
B. 61.25
C. 62.50
D. 59.25
Answer: C. 60.00
Explanation: 1.25 × 48 = 60
A school orders 6.5 gallons of paint. Each classroom requires 0.75 gallons.
After painting 6 classrooms, how much paint is left?
A. 2.00 gallons
B. 1.00 gallon
C. 1.25 gallons
D. 2.50 gallons
Correct Answer: A. 2.00 gallons