Place value and decimals 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about place value and decimals. Question 1Change answer Year 8 Questions/instructions: Year 8 Questions/instructions: a) Multiply by ten: 6 78 3.14 Question 1Change answer b) Write in figures: Five hundred and eighty Two thousand five hundred and eighteen Two hundred thousand and forty-three Question 1Change answer c) Subtract one hundred: 400 643 40 000 Question 1Change answer d) Divide by one hundred: 1200 50 3.6 Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking. Copyright: (c) NEMP Level: 4 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Knowledge Keywords: nemp, place value, decimals Description of task: Students answer questions about place value. Answers/responses: Y8 (09/2001) a) 60 780 31.4 92% 83% 39% b) 580 2518 200,043 91% 89% 50% c) 300 543 39,900 95% 92% 47% d) 12 0.5 0.036 65% 34% 20 NOTE: Questions from Number items B and C, NEMP, 2001 Gymnastics competition II Mountain heights Score out of 10 Ordering decimals Decimal and number lines Speedo Gymnastic competition Decimal records Running records Country populations Rounding numbers sensibly Decimals on number lines