Test your knowledge: How place values relate by 10 and 1/10

🔢 Quick Study Guide

• 🧭 Place Value: Each digit in a number has a place value that determines its worth.
• ➗ Dividing by 10: When you move one place to the right, the value is divided by 10. Example: 50 \(\div\) 10 = 5
• ✖️ Multiplying by 10: When you move one place to the left, the value is multiplied by 10. Example: 5 x 10 = 50
• ⅒ Fractions and Decimals: Moving one place to the right is the same as multiplying by $\frac{1}{10}$ or dividing by 10. Moving one place to the left is the same as multiplying by 10.
• ➕ Relationship: Each place value is 10 times greater than the place value to its right and $\frac{1}{10}$ of the place value to its left.

✍️ Practice Quiz

1. What is the value of the digit 3 in the number 432.5?
1. 300
2. 30
3. 3
4. 0.3
2. What is 500 divided by 10?
1. 5
2. 50
3. 5000
4. 0.5
3. What is 0.07 multiplied by 10?
1. 0.007
2. 0.7
3. 7
4. 0.07
4. How does the place value of the digit '2' in 20 compare to the place value of the digit '2' in 2?
1. 1/10 times smaller
2. The same
3. 10 times larger
4. 100 times larger
5. Which of the following represents 400 divided by 10?
1. 4
2. 40
3. 4,000
4. 0.4
6. What is $\frac{1}{10}$ of 70?
1. 700
2. 7
3. 0.7
4. 70
7. What is 0.9 multiplied by 10?
1. 0.09
2. 9
3. 90
4. 0.9