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Gem and Mineral Show: Writing Decimal Masses

Grade 5 practice reading and writing gem and rock masses to the thousandths in standard form, word form, and expanded form.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.NBT.A.3.a

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students write decimals to thousandths in standard form from word form, expanded form, and place value clues.
  • Students write decimals with hundreds through thousandths in word form and in expanded form.
  • Students use the word "and" and zero placeholders to read and write decimals correctly.

How to use

Use after teaching decimal place value to thousandths. Display a place value chart from hundreds to thousandths while students work, and talk through the "and" problem together.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.NBT.A.3.a

Read and write decimals to thousandths with numerals, words, and expanded form.

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Gem and Mineral Show: Writing Decimal Masses

Read and write the masses of gems and rocks to the thousandths.

Reading the display cards

Each gem at the show has a card that tells its mass in grams. Write each mass in standard form.

1.
A purple amethyst has a mass of two hundred six and fifteen thousandths grams.

Amethyst:   grams

2.
A tiny red garnet has a mass of nine hundredths of a gram.

Garnet:   gram

3.
The card for a geode shows its mass in expanded form.

1 × 100 + 5 × 1 + 2 × (1/10) + 8 × (1/1000) =   grams

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