Decimal Place Value

How do you compare decimal numbers?

• Align the decimal points and compare digit by digit from left to right.

• Add the decimal numbers together and compare the sums.

• Convert the decimal numbers to fractions and compare the fractions.

• Multiply the decimal numbers and compare the products.

How do you write the number 7042.907 in words?

• Seven thousand forty-two and nine hundred seven thousandths.

• Seven thousand four hundred two and nine hundred seven thousandths.

• Seven thousand forty-two and ninety-seven thousandths.

• Seven thousand forty-two and nine hundred seventy thousandths.

What is the decimal representation of 80 hundredths?

• 0.08

• 0.80

• 0.8

• 0.008

What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 3.456?

• 0.05 or 5 hundredths

• 0.5 or 5 tenths

• 5 or 5 units

• 0.005 or 5 thousandths

What is decimal place value?

• Decimal place value refers to the value of a digit based on its position in a decimal number. Each position represents a power of ten.

• Decimal place value is the method of counting whole numbers in a sequence.

• Decimal place value indicates the total number of digits in a number.

• Decimal place value is the value of a digit in a binary number system.

What is the value of the digit 2 in the number 34.8236?

• 0.2

• 0.02 or 2 hundredths

• 2

• 20

If you multiply a number by 10, what happens to its place value?

• Each digit in the number moves one place to the left, increasing its value by ten times.

• Each digit in the number moves one place to the right, decreasing its value by ten times.

• The place value of each digit remains the same, but the overall value increases.

• The digits are rearranged randomly, affecting their place values.

What is the difference between tenths and hundredths?

• Tenths are the first digit to the right of the decimal point, while hundredths are the second digit to the right.

• Tenths represent one part of ten, while hundredths represent one part of one hundred.

• Tenths are used in whole numbers, while hundredths are used in fractions.

• Tenths are always larger than hundredths.

What is the value of 8 in the number 800?

• 80

• 8

• 800

• 8,000

What is the place value of the digit 7 in the number 92.407?

• In the hundredths place

• In the tenths place

• In the thousandths place

• In the ones place