Decimals on a Number Line
Decimals practice
Read the marked value on lines with tenths, hundredths or thousandths steps.
Decimals practice
Read the marked value on lines with tenths, hundredths or thousandths steps.
Read the decimal at the marked tick on a number line.
In this practice, each number line has a label at each end and 10 equal spaces between them. One tick is marked. Choose the decimal it shows. One space can be worth a tenth, a hundredth or a thousandth, and the values can be above or below 1.
Typical level: Grade 4 and beyondIn the U.S. Common Core, Grade 4 works with decimals through hundredths. This practice also goes to thousandths, using the same place-value reasoning. Curriculum timing varies.
Example: a line from 2.4 to 2.5
Count spaces, not ticks. The left label is zero spaces from itself, so the first tick after it is 1 space.
A line from 0.42 to 0.43 looks just like the one above, but it covers only 0.01. Ten spaces share it, so each space is worth 0.001. A tick 7 spaces from 0.42 is 0.427.
The picture stays the same size while the numbers change. The labels tell you how much one space is worth, so read them first.