Grade 6 Thousandths to Billions worksheet
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How to explain it
- Each place is worth 10 times the place to its right, and one tenth of the place to its left.
- Read big numbers in groups of three digits. Billions come before millions.
- Thousandths are the third place after the decimal point.
Example: What is the value of the 7 in 4.073? Tenths: 0. Hundredths: 7. The 7 is in the hundredths place. Its value is 0.07. Answer: 0.07
Question 1
Write in standard form: nine million two hundred eighteen thousand fifty-five.
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9218055
Hint: Work one period (group of three digits) at a time, using zeros as placeholders: millions 9, thousands 218, ones 055.
Question 2
Which number is the greatest?
- 0.8
- 0.89
- 0.72
- 0.6
0.89
Hint: Line up the decimal points. Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths. Adding zeros on the end (0.4 = 0.400) can help.
Question 3
Round 8.774 to the nearest hundredth.
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8.77
Hint: Look at the digit just to the right of the hundredths place. 5 or more rounds up; 4 or less rounds down.
Question 4
Write 65/1000 as a decimal.
65/1000 =
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0.065
Hint: Thousandths need 3 digits after the decimal point. Write 65 so its last digit is in the thousandths place, using zeros as placeholders.
Question 5
What is the value of the 4 in 6.431?
- 0.004
- 0.4
- 0.04
- 4
0.4
Hint: After the decimal point the places are tenths, hundredths, then thousandths. The 4 is in the tenths place.
Question 6
In 675 439 948, what is the value of the digit 5?
- 500 000 000
- 50 000 000
- 500 000
- 5 000 000
5 000 000
Hint: Find the 5 and name its place. It's in the millions place, so it is worth 5 × 1 000 000.
Question 7
Which words name the number 4 080 000 000?
- four billion eighty thousand
- four billion eighty million
- four million eighty thousand
- four billion eight hundred million
four billion eighty million
Hint: Split the digits into periods of three, starting from the right. Read each period, then say its name: billion, million, thousand.
Question 8
What decimal belongs at the ? on the number line?
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9.28
Hint: The line from 9.2 to 9.3 is split into 10 equal steps, so each step is 0.01. Count the steps from 9.2 to the ?.
Question 9
Which words name the number 60 065 000?
- sixty thousand sixty-five
- sixty million sixty-five thousand
- sixty million six hundred fifty thousand
- sixty billion sixty-five million
sixty million sixty-five thousand
Hint: Split the digits into periods of three, starting from the right. Read each period, then say its name: billion, million, thousand.
Question 10
What is the value of the 8 in 0.85?
- 0.008
- 0.8
- 8
- 0.08
0.8
Hint: After the decimal point the places are tenths, hundredths, then thousandths. The 8 is in the tenths place.
Answer key
- 1. 9218055
- 2. 0.89
- 3. 8.77
- 4. 0.065
- 5. 0.4
- 6. 5 000 000
- 7. four billion eighty million
- 8. 9.28
- 9. sixty million sixty-five thousand
- 10. 0.8
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