Read-Write Decimals worksheet - Free Printable

Let's solve each part of the worksheet step by step. The goal is to write each decimal number in standard form using the decimal place value chart.

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🔹 Understanding Place Value

The chart shows:

| Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Decimal Point | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths |
|----------|------|------|---------------|--------|------------|-------------|
| | | | . | | | |

- Tenths = 1/10 → one digit after the decimal point
- Hundredths = 1/100 → two digits after the decimal point
- Thousandths = 1/1000 → three digits after the decimal point

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Now, let’s go through each item:

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a. three tenths

- "Three tenths" means 3 out of 10.
- In decimal form: 0.3
- Because it's only tenths (one digit after the decimal), we write:
- 0.3

✔ Answer: 0.3

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b. nine and five tenths

- "Nine" is the whole number part → 9
- "Five tenths" = 0.5
- Combine: 9 + 0.5 = 9.5

✔ Answer: 9.5

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c. two hundred-sixty four and eight tenths

- "Two hundred-sixty four" = 264
- "Eight tenths" = 0.8
- So: 264 + 0.8 = 264.8

✔ Answer: 264.8

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d. two hundredths

- "Two hundredths" means 2 out of 100 → 2/100
- In decimal: 0.02
- (Note: Two digits after the decimal — 0 in the tenths place, 2 in the hundredths)

✔ Answer: 0.02

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e. one and five hundredths

- "One" = 1
- "Five hundredths" = 0.05
- Add them: 1 + 0.05 = 1.05

✔ Answer: 1.05

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f. two and thirty nine hundredths

- "Two" = 2
- "Thirty-nine hundredths" = 39/100 = 0.39
- So: 2 + 0.39 = 2.39

✔ Answer: 2.39

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✔ Final Answers:

a. 0.3
b. 9.5
c. 264.8
d. 0.02
e. 1.05
f. 2.39

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You can use the place value chart like this:

For example, for 264.8:

| Hundreds | Tens | Ones | Decimal Point | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths |
|----------|------|------|---------------|--------|------------|-------------|
| 2 | 6 | 4 | . | 8 | 0 | 0 |

So the number is written as 264.8

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