Decimal Place Value Word Problems

What place value is the underlined digit?

0.4

• hundredth

• tenth

• ones

• tens

Lead melts at 327.46 degrees Celcius. What is the value of the 6 in 327.46?

• 6 hundreths

• 6 tenths

• 6 hundreds

• 6 tens

There are 10 crayons in the cup. Seven of them are orange. What is the portion of the crayons that are orange in decimal form?

• 0.3

• 0.7

• 0.03

• 0.07

Which operations with decimals REQUIRE you to line the numbers up by place value?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

What is the name of the place value for the underlined number? 12) 2 479.542

• Hundreds

• Tens

• Units

• Tenths

• Hundredths

Round the following decimal number to the nearest tenth: 5.62 → ______.

• 5.6

• 5.7

• 5.5

• 6.0

Which digit is in the tenths place?
236.4791

• 3

• 6

• 4

• 7

What is the place value of the 5 in the number 8.965?

• Ones

• Tenths

• Thousands

• Thousandths

Which pirate has a ZERO in the TENTHS place?

• Keenan

• Kenneth

• Daniel

• Lance

• Calvin

Which pirate has a four in the HUNDREDTHS place?

• Keenan

• Keneth

• Daniel

• Lance

• Calvin