P4 Handbook: Decimals - Place Values

P4 Handbook: Decimals - Place Values

This handbook covers decimals, focusing on notations, place values (tenths, hundredths, and thousandths), comparing and ordering decimals, converting between decimals and fractions, rounding decimals, and performing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with decimals up to two decimal places. Study each part carefully to understand the concepts.

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Answer from memory first, then review the rationales and revisit weak areas from this set.

Activities

Quiz20 Questions
Flashcards13 Cards
Study Notes1 Note

List of Questions20 questions
  1. Question 1
    • 4 thousandths
    • 4 ones
    • 4 tenths
    • 4 hundredths
  2. Question 2
    • 1 one
    • 1 hundredth
    • 1 thousandth
    • 1 tenth
  3. Question 3
    • $3/1000$
    • $3/100$
    • $30/100$
    • $3/10$
  4. Question 4
    • 0.1
    • 0.01
    • 1.0
    • 0.001
  5. Question 5
    • 0.301, 0.23, 0.321
    • 0.23, 0.301, 0.321
    • 0.321, 0.301, 0.23
    • 0.23, 0.321, 0.301
  6. Question 6
    • $15/20$
    • $75/100$
    • $3/4$
    • $75/10000$
  7. Question 7
    • 73.0
    • 74
    • 73
    • 70
  8. Question 8
    • 10.7
    • 12.8
    • 10.8
    • 11.2
  9. Question 9
    • 10 or 100
    • A prime number or a composite number
    • Any even number
    • A multiple of 2 or 5
  10. Question 10
    • 5.9
    • 6.0
    • 5.83
    • 5.8
  11. Question 11
    • 28 tenths
    • 0.028
    • 2.8 ones
    • 0.28
  12. Question 12
    • Compare the digits in the highest place value.
    • Add up the digits of each decimal.
    • Round both decimals to the nearest whole number.
    • Count the number of decimal places for each decimal.
  13. Question 13
    • 2.20
    • 2.00
    • 2.19
    • 2.195
  14. Question 14
    • 11.49
    • 1.49
    • 10.59
    • 10.49
  15. Question 15
    • $100 + 70 + 6 + 9/100 + 4/1000 + 2/10$
    • $100 + 70 + 6 + 9/1000 + 4/100 + 2/10$
    • $100 + 70 + 6 + 9/10 + 4/100 + 2/1000$
    • $100 + 70 + 6 + 9/10 + 4/1000 + 2/100$
  16. Question 16
    • 1.2
    • 0.12
    • 12
    • 0.36
  17. Question 17
    • 0.63
    • 0.73
    • 0.66
    • 0.53
  18. Question 18
    • 10.08
    • 10.8
    • 1.008
    • 0.1008
  19. Question 19
    • 16.1
    • 1.631
    • 163.1
    • 16.31
  20. Question 20
    • 2.34
    • 2.43
    • 2.075
    • 2.75
List of Flashcards13 flashcards
  1. Card 1
    HintThink about dividing a whole into 10 equal parts.Memory TipTenths: 1 bar out of 10.
  2. Card 2
    HintEnvision dividing a whole into 100 equal parts.Memory TipHundredths: 1 square out of 100.
  3. Card 3
    HintImagine dividing a whole into 1000 equal parts.Memory TipThousandths: 1 block out of 1000.
  4. Card 4
    HintAlways start from the leftmost digit.Memory TipCompare from left to right.
  5. Card 5
    HintThe number of decimal places tells you the power of ten for the denominator.Memory TipOne DP, one zero (10).
  6. Card 6
    HintConsider the two digits after the decimal point.Memory TipTwo DPs, two zeros (100).
  7. Card 7
    HintThink about the three digits following the decimal point.Memory TipThree DPs, three zeros (1000).
  8. Card 8
    HintYou might need to find an equivalent fraction first.Memory TipMake denominator 10 or 100.
  9. Card 9
    HintIs it closer to the lower or higher whole number?Memory TipLook at the tenths digit!
  10. Card 10
    HintFocus on the hundredths digit for rounding.Memory TipFocus on the hundredths.
  11. Card 11
    HintExamine the thousandths digit for rounding.Memory TipLook at the thousandths.
  12. Card 12
    HintAlways line up the decimal point first.Memory TipAlign points, then add.
  13. Card 13
    HintEnsure all decimal points are vertically aligned.Memory TipAlign points, then subtract.