Tenths as decimals
1 Shadethebarmodelstorepresenttheamounts.
a) 7tenths
b)410
c) 0.3
2 Completethetabletoshowthefractionsanddecimalsthebar
modelsrepresent.
Barmodel Fraction Decimal
3 Writeeachfractionanddecimalinthecorrectplaceonthe
numberline.
210
0.6 910
0.1
0 1
4 WorkoutthevaluesofA,BandC.
Giveyouranswersasfractionsanddecimals.
0 1
A B C
A or
B or
C or
5 Matchtheequivalentfractions,decimalsandwords.
0.7310
fourtenths
0.3910
onetenth
0.4710
threetenths
0.1410
ninetenths
0.9110
seventenths
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8 Eighttenthscanberepresentedinallofthewaysshown.
A C
B D
0 1
Whichdoyouthinkisthebestrepresentation?
Discussyouranswerwithapartner.
Representsixtenthsineachdifferentway.
6 Whatisthetotalvaluerepresentedbyeachtenframe?
a)
1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,0001 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,0001 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,0001 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,0001 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000
1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,0001 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,0001 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,0001 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,0001 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000
b)
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
c)
7
DoyouagreewithRon?
Explainyouranswer.
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Nine tenthscan be written 0.9, so ten
tenths must be 0.10
810