Practice Problems — Set 17

5.NBT.A.3 · Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths

Print and write your answers. Use diagrams to show thinking.

Warm-up

1. Write as a decimal: 6 tenths → ___ 2. Compare: 0.5 ___ 0.5 3. 0.5 + 0.3 = ___

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Written practice

1. Two-step: Start with 18, add 4, then subtract 3. Result? ___ 2. Explain your thinking for this word problem in one sentence. 3. Create your own word problem for 5.NBT.A.3. 4. Word problem: $2.17 + $1.4 = $___ 5. Story: Spend $0.4 of $1.00. How much left? ___ 6. Word problem: $2.17 + $1.4 = $___ 7. Story: 4 + 10 = ___ 8. Story: 5 + 11 = ___

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More written practice

1. 0.2 + 0.1 = ___ 2. Word problem: $2.20 + $1.3 = $___ 3. Write as a decimal: 6 tenths → ___ 4. Compare: 0.6 ___ 0.7 5. 0.5 + 0.4 = ___ 6. Word problem: $2.23 + $1.6 = $___

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Patterns and rules

1. Write as a decimal: 7 tenths → ___ 2. Compare: 0.5 ___ 0.6 3. 0.6 + 0.3 = ___

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Stretch

1. Two-step: Start with 18, add 4, then subtract 3. Result? ___ 2. Explain your thinking for this word problem in one sentence.

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Parent tip: Use base-ten blocks for tenths and hundredths