Decimal place value: printable worksheets

Read and write decimals to thousandths with numerals, number names and expanded form, then compare, order and round them.

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Sample worksheet

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6.848 = 6 \times 1 + 8 \times (\frac{1}{10}) + 00 \times (\frac{1}{100}) + 8 \times (\frac{1}{1 , 000})

Write 6.061 in words.

Round 4.305 to the nearest hundredth.

5 \times 1 + 2 \times (\frac{1}{10}) + 8 \times (\frac{1}{100}) + 5 \times (\frac{1}{1 , 000}) =

Write four and six hundred twenty-eight thousandths as a decimal.

Round 8.961 to the nearest hundredth.

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1.4

2.six and sixty-one thousandths

3.4.31

4.5.285

5.4.628

6.8.96

What students practise

I can tell the value of each digit in a number.

Students represent numbers with tens and ones (and hundreds), read and write them in several forms, and compare them.

Key words

digit: one of the symbols zero through nine
place value: the value of a digit from where it is in the number
expanded form: a number written as the sum of its place values

Common mistakes

Gives a digit its face value instead of its place value.
Compares the ones digits first.
Leaves out a zero in a place with no value.

Standards

Common Core State Standards this worksheet practises.

5.NBT.A.3a: Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. (unverified)
5.NBT.A.3b: Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons. (unverified)
5.NBT.A.4: Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place. (unverified)

Before this: Decimals and fractions (Grade 4)
Next: Multiply and divide by powers of 10 (Grade 5)