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Skills Covered

Write tenths and hundredths as fractions and as decimals
See dimes and pennies as tenths and hundredths of a dollar
Rename tenths as hundredths and add them: 3/10 + 4/100 = 34/100

Read and mark decimals on number lines
Use a place value chart and expanded form, and find 0.1 or 0.01 more or less
Compare and order decimals with >, <, and = and the benchmarks 0, 0.5, and 1

How to Use This Pack

Five pages that introduce decimals as another way to write tenths and hundredths. Page 1 shows tenths strips and hundred grids; students write each shaded part as a fraction and as a decimal, such as 52/100 = 0.52. Page 2 makes a dollar the whole: a dime is one tenth and a penny one hundredth, so 4 dimes and 6 pennies are 46/100 of a dollar, or $0.46. A table then makes amounts like $1.45 from the fewest dollars, dimes, and pennies. Page 3 renames tenths as hundredths (3/10 = 30/100), adds tenths and hundredths, and writes halves, fourths, and fifths as decimals. Page 4 reads and marks points on three number lines, fills a place value chart with expanded form, and finds 0.1 and 0.01 more or less. Page 5 compares shaded grids, then decimals like 0.5 and 0.45, decides whether a decimal is closest to 0, 0.5, or 1, and orders decimals from least to greatest.

In the Classroom

Start with real dimes and pennies: ten dimes make a dollar and so do a hundred pennies, so a dime is a tenth and a penny a hundredth. Shade 3 columns of a hundred grid together and count them as 3 tenths, then as 30 hundredths. On page 5, ask students who say 0.38 is more than 0.4 to shade both on a grid.

At Home

Read prices out loud as dollars, dimes, and pennies: $2.45 is 2 dollars, 4 dimes, and 5 pennies. Ask which is more, 0.6 or 0.06 of a dollar, and check with coins.

Tips for Success

The first place after the decimal point is tenths; the second is hundredths
A tenth is ten hundredths: 0.3 = 0.30 = 30/100
To add tenths and hundredths, change the tenths to hundredths first
Compare decimals place by place from the left: 0.4 is more than 0.38 because 4 tenths beat 3 tenths
A zero at the end does not change a decimal: 0.70 = 0.7

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

4.NF.C.5 Rewrite tenths as hundredths, such as 7/10 = 70/100, to add a fraction in tenths to one in hundredths.
4.NF.C.6 Write fractions with denominators 10 or 100 as decimals, such as 45/100 = 0.45, and find decimals like these on a number line.
4.NF.C.7 Compare two decimals to hundredths that refer to the same whole by thinking about their size; record with >, = or < and explain.

Decimals: Tenths and Hundredths

4th Grade

A 5-page decimals pack for 4th grade. Write shaded tenths strips and hundred grids as fractions and decimals, count dimes and pennies as tenths and hundredths of a dollar, and see that 3/10 = 30/100. Add tenths and hundredths, write halves, fourths, and fifths as decimals, read number lines and a place value chart, find 0.1 and 0.01 more or less, then compare and order decimals. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.

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What’s Included

5 worksheets in color and in black and white, with answer keys (15 pages)
Tenths strips, hundred grids, and dimes and pennies to write as fractions and decimals
Tenths as hundredths, adding tenths and hundredths, and halves, fourths, and fifths as decimals
Number lines, a place value chart with expanded form, 0.1 and 0.01 more or less, comparing and ordering

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