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Decimals Problems
Subject: Maths
(This idea was contributed by Michele Papageorghiou)
Age Range: 7 to 11

This self-explanatory worksheet (which can be found here) contains a variety of questions involving decimals.

Answers are as follows:

1a) 5.2, 5.25, 5.78, 5.87, 15.3.

1b) 1.3, 1.35, 1.375, 1.4, 1.425, 1.5.

1c) 6.765, 6.776, 7.675, 7.756, 7.765.

2a) 14.5 (children should show evidence of rounding in their answer)

2b) 25 (children should show evidence of rounding in their answer)

2c) 45.1 (children should show evidence of rounding in their answer)

3a) 3,500 g

3b) 11,250 ml

3c) 0.75 kg

3d) 0.3 l

3e) 0.03 m

4) 102 minutes (or 1 hour and 42 mins)

5) 1 hour and 44 minutes

6) £1.95

7) 45

8) £1.25

9) 91

10) 58p

11) 4.5 m²


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