Year 6 Cambridge Math: Decimal Place Value and Multiplying/Dividing by 10, 100, 1000
1. Decimal Place Value
Decimal numbers are numbers with a whole part and a fractional part, separated by a decimal point.
Each digit in a decimal number has a place value.
Place Value Chart:
Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Ones | . | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths
Example: 327.594
- 3 is in the Hundreds place -> 300
- 2 is in the Tens place -> 20
- 7 is in the Ones place -> 7
- 5 is in the Tenths place -> 0.5
- 9 is in the Hundredths place -> 0.09
- 4 is in the Thousandths place -> 0.004
2. Multiplying or Dividing Decimals by 10, 100, and 1000
To multiply or divide decimals by 10, 100, or 1000, move the digits, not the decimal point.
RULES:
- x10: move digits 1 place to the left
- x100: move digits 2 places to the left
- x1000: move digits 3 places to the left
- ÷10: move digits 1 place to the right
- ÷100: move digits 2 places to the right
- ÷1000: move digits 3 places to the right
Examples:
Year 6 Cambridge Math: Decimal Place Value and Multiplying/Dividing by 10, 100, 1000
Multiplying:
- 3.7 x 10 = 37
- 4.56 x 100 = 456
- 0.029 x 1000 = 29
Dividing:
- 37 ÷ 10 = 3.7
- 456 ÷ 100 = 4.56
- 29 ÷ 1000 = 0.029
3. Worksheet
Practice Questions:
A. Decimal Place Value:
1. What is the value of the digit 6 in 53.672?
2. Write the place value of each digit in 204.389.
3. Write the number: 4 hundreds, 3 tens, 2 ones, 7 tenths, 5 hundredths.
B. Multiply/Divide by 10, 100, 1000:
1. 6.25 x 10 = _______
2. 7.03 x 100 = _______
3. 0.482 x 1000 = _______
4. 85.6 ÷ 10 = _______
5. 437 ÷ 100 = _______
6. 12345 ÷ 1000 = _______