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Reading the Weather Station: Decimals in Words and Expanded Form

Grade 5 decimals practice at a weather station: read and write decimals to thousandths in standard form, word form, and expanded form.

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Aligned to5.NBT.A.3.a

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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students write decimals to thousandths in standard form from word form and unit form.
  • Students write decimals in expanded form using decimal values and fractions like 1/100.
  • Students read decimals to thousandths and write them in words.

How to use

Use after teaching decimal place value to thousandths. A place value chart helps with the first two sections; save the last question for a class discussion.

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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Reading the Weather Station: Decimals in Words and Expanded Form

Read and write rain, snow, and wind readings to the thousandths.

Words and digits

The school weather station measures rain, snow, and wind very closely. Write each reading in digits or in words.

1.
Match each reading in words to the same number in digits.
  1. two and four hundred six thousandths
  2. two and forty-six thousandths
  3. two and forty-six hundredths
  4. two hundred forty-six thousandths
  1. A. 0.246
  2. B. 2.46
  3. C. 2.406
  4. D. 2.046
  5. E. 20.46
2.
The rain gauge collected three and seventy-five thousandths inches of rain.

Rain:   inches

3.
The snow on the station roof was sixty-two thousandths of a meter deep.

Snow:   meter

4.
The string on the station's weather balloon is fifty and fifty thousandths meters long.

String:   meters

5.
This month the rain gauge collected 4.103 inches of rain. Write 4.103 in words.

  inches

Expanded form

Expanded form shows the value of each digit. Fill in the blanks or choose the answer.

6.
The wind speed was 6.358 meters per second. Write the value of each missing digit.

6.358 = 6 + 0.3 +   +  

7.
So far this year, the rain gauge has collected 40.072 inches of rain. In each blank, write a place value such as 1/10, 1/100, or 1/1000.

40.072 = 4 × 10 + 7 ×   + 2 ×  

8.
The strongest wind gust today was 1 ten, 7 ones, 3 hundredths, and 9 thousandths miles per hour. Write this number in standard form.

Gust:   miles per hour

9.
The snow in the yard was 0.705 meter deep. Which shows 0.705 in expanded form?
  • A. 0.07 + 0.005
  • B. 0.7 + 0.05
  • C. 0.7 + 0.5
  • D. 0.7 + 0.005

Check the weather report

The same number can be written in many forms. Check each form carefully.

10.
The rain total for the week was 3.405 inches. Sort each form: does it equal 3.405?
three and four hundred five thousandthsthree and forty-five hundredths3 + 0.4 + 0.0053 × 1 + 4 × (1/10) + 5 × (1/100)3 ones, 4 tenths, 5 thousandthsthree and four hundred fifty thousandths3 × 1 + 4 × (1/10) + 5 × (1/1000)thirty-four and five thousandths
Equals 3.405Does not equal 3.405
11.
Sofia reads the wind speed 7.03 meters per second out loud as "seven and three tenths." What should she have said?
  • A. seven and three thousandths
  • B. seven and three hundredths
  • C. seventy-three hundredths
  • D. seven and three tenths
12.
The wind gauge read 25.016 miles per hour. Write 25.016 in expanded form in two different ways: once with decimals and once with fractions like 1/10.

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