Year 6
Year 6

Place Value to 3 Decimal Places

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore a variety of ways of representing numbers up to three decimal places.

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is the relationship between 0.004 and 0.4?
It is 10 times smaller than 0.4
It is 100 times greater than 0.4
Correct answer: It is 100 times smaller than 0.4
It is 1000 times smaller than 0.4
Q2.
1.35 = 1 + ____ + 0.05
0.03
Correct answer: 0.3
3
30
Q3.
2.532 is equivalent to what?
2 thousandths
2532 hundredths
Correct answer: 2532 thousandths
532 hundredths
Q4.
0.45 can also be represented in which way?
45
Correct answer: 45 hundredths
45 tenths
45 thousandths

4 Questions

Q1.
What is the relationship between one hundredth and one thousandth?
One thousandth is one thousand times smaller than one hundredth
One thousandth is ten times larger than one hundredth
Correct answer: One thousandth is ten times smaller than one hundredth
Q2.
If one bead on a bead string represents one thousandth, how many beads would you need to represent one?
One bead
One hundred beads
Correct answer: One thousand beads
Ten beads
Q3.
When you are comparing the decimal numbers 1.234 and 1.256, which place value column is the most important to decide which is the largest?
Correct answer: The hundredths
The ones
The tenths
The thousandths
Q4.
If I am representing the decimal number 3.609 using place value counters, which place value column will be empty?
The hundreds column
Correct answer: The hundredths column
The ones column
The tenths column