5th Grade Reading, Comparing and Rounding Decimals Test Solutions and Scoring (PDF)

(a) seventy-five thousandths

(b) twelve and four hundredths

Scoring: 1 point for each correct word form.

(a) 6.09

(b) 0.205

Scoring: 1 point for each correct decimal.

\(4\times1+3\times\frac{1}{10}+7\times\frac{1}{100}+2\times\frac{1}{1000}\)

Scoring: 2 points for all four terms correct. 1 point for three correct terms, or for decimals (4 + 0.3 + 0.07 + 0.002) instead of fractions.

(a) The 5 is in the hundredths place: \(0.05\)

(b) The 1 is in the thousandths place: \(0.001\)

Scoring: 1 point for each correct value.

(a) 0.70 > 0.07: >

(b) 3.405 < 3.450: <

(c) 8.60 = 8.6: =

Scoring: 1 point for each correct symbol.

Write with three places: 5.090, 5.900, 5.095, 5.190.

Greatest to least: 5.900, 5.190, 5.095, 5.090.

Answer: \(5.9, 5.19, 5.095, 5.09\)

Scoring: 2 points for the correct order. 1 point if only one pair is in the wrong order.

(a) The tenths digit is 4, so round down: 7

(b) The hundredths digit is 8, so round up: 7.5

(c) The thousandths digit is 5, so round up: 7.49

Scoring: 1 point for each correct rounding.

Write with three places: 13.250, 13.300, 13.205.

(a) 13.3 ft (jump 2)

(b) \(13.205, 13.25, 13.3\)

(c) 13.205 has hundredths digit 0, so it rounds to 13.2 ft.

Scoring: 1 point for each part.

The tenths digit is 4, which is less than 5. Round down: 3.46 rounds to 3.

Answer: No, the answer is 3

Scoring: 1 point for “no” with a correct reason.