Grade 6 · Math · Unit 1 of 15

Thousandths to Billions

Place value, tiny to huge

What your child practises

Reading, writing, comparing and rounding numbers from thousandths (0.001) up to billions, including multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.

Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: N6.1 · place value for numbers greater than a million and less than a thousandth

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

Question 1
What is the value of the 8 in 6.879?
- 0.08
- 0.008
- 0.8
- 80
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0.8
Hint: After the decimal point the places are tenths, hundredths, then thousandths. The 8 is in the tenths place.
Question 2
What decimal belongs at the ? on the number line?
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3.07
Hint: The line from 3 to 3.1 is split into 10 equal steps, so each step is 0.01. Count the steps from 3 to the ?.
Question 3
Write in standard form: one million one hundred two thousand forty-eight.
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1102048
Hint: Work one period (group of three digits) at a time, using zeros as placeholders: millions 1, thousands 102, ones 048.
Question 4
Which number is the greatest?
- 5.2
- 5.148
- 5.016
- 5.09
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5.2
Hint: Line up the decimal points. Compare the tenths first, then the hundredths, then the thousandths. Adding zeros on the end (0.4 = 0.400) can help.
Question 5
What is 5.19 × 100?
5.19 × 100 = ?
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519
Hint: Multiplying by 100 moves every digit 2 places to the left, so the number gets bigger.
Question 6
In 986 613 252, what is the value of the digit 9?
- 9 000 000
- 900 000 000
- 90 000 000 000
- 90 000 000
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900 000 000
Hint: Find the 9 and name its place. It's in the hundred millions place, so it is worth 9 × 100 000 000.