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Naming decimal places worksheets

Tenths, hundredths and thousandths are words a child has to own before decimals make sense when read aloud. These free printable worksheets highlight one digit in each number and ask for the name of its place.

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Naming decimal places
Naming decimal places worksheet — Tenths and hundredths, free printable with answer key

The answer key prints on a separate page.

What's on this sheet

This goes the opposite way from finding a digit. Here the digit is pointed out and the word is the answer, so a child practices writing the vocabulary rather than recognizing it. That matters later: the 3 in 0.35 is three tenths, and reading it that way is what explains why 0.35 is smaller than 0.5.

Why this sheet works

Change the depth in the maker to suit the class. Tenths and hundredths come first, and thousandths can be added once those two names are secure. Spelling is worth a word too, because the “-ths” at the end is the whole difference between a place to the right of the point and one to the left.

How this one works

Which place is the first 7 in 41.77?

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  1. After the point the places are tenths, hundredths, thousandths — each ten times smaller than the last. There is no "oneths".
  2. Count in from the point: the 7 sits in the tenths.
  3. So the answer is the name of that column: tenths.

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