Decimal Place Value: Tenths and Hundredths

Grade 4MathCCSS 4.NF.C.6CCSS 4.NF.C.7

Skill: Naming tenths and hundredths and writing decimals

10 versions for extra practice: this skill comes in 10 printable versions with the same layout and different problems, each with its own answer key. See all versions below, or download all 10 in one PDF (all answer keys).

Free for personal and classroom use. Print at 100% / "Actual size" on US Letter paper.

About this worksheet

Decimals extend place value to the right of the ones place. Tenths and hundredths are the decimals fourth graders meet when they write fractions with denominators of 10 or 100 in decimal form. This fourth-grade worksheet has two parts. In Part A, students name the place of a underlined digit in twelve decimals to the hundredths, choosing among tenths and hundredths. In Part B, they write eight amounts as decimals, such as 7 tenths or 23 hundredths, including some that are greater than one.

Understanding that 0.4 means four tenths and 0.40 means forty hundredths, which equal the same amount, prevents later confusion with money and measurement. Students also see that the digit farther right is a smaller place, just as ones are smaller than tens.

How to use it: a place-value chart with ones, tenths, and hundredths columns makes every problem clearer. Relating decimals to money helps too: 0.25 is a quarter, and 1.07 is one dollar and seven cents. Ask students to read each decimal aloud using place-value language ("three and six tenths") rather than digit-by-digit reading.

The answer key lists every place name and decimal. This worksheet supports Common Core standards 4.NF.C.6 (use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100) and 4.NF.C.7 (compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size). It prepares students for adding and subtracting decimals in grade 5.

All 10 versions

Each version practices the same skill with a fresh set of problems, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page they have already done. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).