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Reading, Comparing and Rounding Decimals: Grade 5 Math Test – PDF Download

    This grade 5 decimals compare round test checks reading, comparing and rounding decimals in 45 minutes, with 8 questions for a total of 20 points.

    This test covers reading, writing, comparing and rounding decimals to thousandths (5.NBT.A.3 and 5.NBT.A.4). It has 8 questions worth 20 points in total. Show your work and write answers as decimals unless a question asks for words.

    Test information
    • Grade: Grade 5
    • Chapter: Reading, Comparing and Rounding Decimals
    • Common Core: 5.NBT.A.3, 5.NBT.A.4
    • Time: 45 minutes
    • Total: 20 points (Question 1: 2 pts; Question 2: 3 pts; Question 3: 2 pts; Question 4: 3 pts; Question 5: 2 pts; Question 6: 3 pts; Question 7: 2 pts; Question 8: 3 pts)

    Grade 5 Decimals Compare Round Test: questions 1–5

    Question 1: Reading and writing decimals (2 points)

    Use the grid for part (a).

    Hundredths grid.
    1. Write the decimal shown by the shaded part and its name in words. (1 point)
    2. Write “nine and eight hundredths” as a decimal. (1 point)

    Question 2: Expanded form (3 points)

    The chart shows 36.409.

    TensOnestenthshundredthsthousandths36409
    Place-value chart for 36.409.
    1. Write \(36.409\) in expanded form using fractions. (2 points)
    2. Write the value of the 4 as a decimal. (1 point)

    Question 3: Decimal from expanded form (2 points)

    Write \(5 \times 10 + 3 \times 1 + 2 \times \frac{1}{100} + 7 \times \frac{1}{1000}\) as a decimal.

    Question 4: Comparing decimals (3 points)

    Write <, > or = in each blank.

    1. \(0.58\quad\text{?}\quad0.6\) (1 point)
    2. \(14.205\quad\text{?}\quad14.25\) (1 point)
    3. \(7.30\quad\text{?}\quad7.300\) (1 point)

    Question 5: Ordering decimals (2 points)

    Write the numbers from least to greatest: \(4.09,\,\,4.9,\,\,4.089,\,\,4.091\).

    Grade 5 Decimals Compare Round Test: questions 6–8

    Question 6: Rounding 5.748 (3 points)

    Round \(5.748\) to each place.

    1. the nearest whole number (1 point)
    2. the nearest tenth (1 point)
    3. the nearest hundredth (1 point)

    Question 7: Rounding on a number line (2 points)

    The point on the number line is 2.36.

    2.32.42.36
    A point between 2.3 and 2.4.
    1. Round 2.36 to the nearest tenth. (1 point)
    2. Explain how you know which tenth is closer. (1 point)

    Question 8: Swim times (3 points)

    Three swimmers finish a 50-yard race in 31.08 seconds, 31.8 seconds and 31.075 seconds.

    1. Which time is the fastest? (1 point)
    2. Round each time to the nearest tenth of a second. (2 points)

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