Grade 5 Place Value: Value of a digit in a decimal

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What students practice: Place names / digit values are part of reading decimals to thousandths.

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Grade 5 · Place Value

Value of a Digit in a Decimal

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Set 1 · Grade 5 · Place Value

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Easy

In 6.53, what is the value of the digit 5?
Answer: 0.5
In 8.45, what is the value of the digit 5?
Answer: 0.05

Standard

In 5.763, what is the value of the digit 3?
Answer: 0.003
In 52.419, what is the value of the digit 1?
Answer: 0.01

Challenge

In 42.096, what is the value of the digit 6?
Answer: 0.006
In 398.206, what is the value of the digit 3?
Answer: 300

Where this skill fits

Previous skill: Decimal place names (tenths, hundredths, thousandths)
Next skill: Decimal expanded and standard form
All grades: Place Value worksheets, Grades 1–5

Related Common Core standards

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

The match is approximate (a prerequisite, extension or different context), so treat this as related practice rather than coverage of the standard. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.