How it works
One place left is ten times as much. One place right is a tenth.
The 9 in the tens place of 98.41 moves one place right: it is worth 9 ones.
Compare two digits: the right 4 in 244.01 is a tenth of the left 4.
Worked examples
One place right
- The 9 in the tens place of 98.41 moves one place right. It is worth ?
- The 9 is in the tens place of 98.41.
- One place right is the ones place: 9.
- So the answer is 9.
One place left
- The 7 in the tens place of 74.04 moves one place left. It is worth ?
- The 7 is in the tens place of 74.04.
- One place left is the hundreds place: 700.
- So the answer is 700.
Compare two digits
- In 244.01, the right 4 is what part of the left 4? ?
- The two 4s in 244.01 are next to each other.
- The right 4 is a tenth of the left 4, which is 0.1.
- So the answer is 0.1.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- The 7 in the hundredths place of 34.17 moves one place left. It is worth __