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Decimals

Maths: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 5.4.4

Place Value

When a number is written out in digits each number stands for a different value depending on what position it takes in the number. For example in the number 637.91:

Tenths

Tenths

  • The 9 stands for 0.9.
Hundredths

Hundredths

  • The 1 stands for 0.01.

Test yourself on Decimals

  • What does the 1 stand for in 5,693.1?

  • What does the 5 stand for in 0.85?

  • What does the 4 stand for in 8.34

  • What does the 2 stand for in 0.29?

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