CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY MATHEMATICS STAGE 6 WORKSHEET 1A
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Worksheet 1A: The number system
1 Identify the place value for each digit in the number 304.215.
One has been done for you.
Digit Place value
3 hundreds
2 Complete the place value diagram.
3 Kofi regroups five numbers but two of his answers are wrong.
Which answers are wrong?
A 38.565 = 3856 tenths + 5 thousandths
B −48.39 = −40 − 8 − 0.3 − 0.09
C 34.079 = 34 + 0.79
D −56.079 = −50 − 6.079
E 76.091 = 70 + 6 + 0.09 + 0.001
4 What is 5.28 to the nearest tenth? ____________
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5 Hassan says, ‘I can multiply by 100 by adding two zeros.’
Explain why Hassan is wrong.
6 What is the value of the 7 in 4.678? ____________
7 Write the missing numbers.
a 8.5 × 1000 = b 0.79 × 100 =
c 3.78 × 10 = d 560 ÷ 100 =
e 363 ÷ 1000 = f 54.7 ÷ 10 =
8 What decimal number is represented by
20 + 4 + 9 + 7 + 9 ? ____________
10 100 1000
9 Round these lengths to the nearest metre.
Length To the nearest metre
a 8.72 m
b 1.6 m
c 6.09 m
d 4.1 m
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Worksheet 1B: The number system
1 Write the missing numbers.
a × 0.7 = 7 b 903 ÷ = 9.03
c × 0.13 = 130 d 1.3 × = 1300
2 Write the missing number.
16.003 16 3
3 Kofi regroups five numbers but two of his answers are wrong.
Which answers are wrong?
A 38.565 = 3856 tenths + 5 thousandths
B −48.39 = −40 − 8 − 0.3 − 0.09
C 34.079 = 34 + 0.79
D −56.079 = −50 − 6.079
E 76.091 = 70 + 6 + 0.09 + 0.001
4 Ollie writes the number 136.25
He writes a second number where the 6 represents a value that is one-tenth
the value of the 6 in his first number.
Draw a ring around the value of the 6 in Ollie’s second number.
six hundredths six tenths six ones six tens
5 Write the largest number from the list that rounds to 10 when rounding
to the nearest whole number. ____________
10.55 9.99 10.9 10.45 10.5 9.5 9.9
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6 Here are four numbers.
5.55 55.5 555 550 55 500
Which of these numbers is 100 times smaller than 5550? ____________
7 A thousand times a number is 3500.
What is the number? ____________
8 Mandy says, ‘4.25 can be written as 3 ones, 13 tenths and 5 hundredths.’
Is Mandy correct? Explain your answer.
9 Two numbers each with 2 decimal places round to 2.5 to the nearest tenth.
The sum of the two numbers is 4.99
What could the numbers be?
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