Tenths

Mathematics · Fractions · ages 7-8

Name ______________________ Date ____________

You shade one tenth, then one more, then one more. How many tenths are shaded?
Answer: ______________
A shape is split into 10 equal parts. What is each part called?
- a tenth
- a half
- a third
- a whole
A bar is cut into 10 equal parts, like this one. What is each part called?
- one tenth
- one fifth
- one half
Ten tenths make one whole.
Circle one: True False
Ten tenths make a whole. You hold seven tenths. How many more tenths complete the whole?
Answer: ______________
What comes right after 6 tenths when you count up in tenths?
- 8 tenths
- 5 tenths
- 7 tenths
How many tenths make one whole?
- 5 tenths
- 10 tenths
- 2 tenths
- 100 tenths
Sid says ten tenths is less than one whole. Is Sid right?
Circle one: True False
Ali cuts his sandwich into 10 equal pieces and says each piece is one tenth. Zara says each piece is 10 wholes. Who is right?
- Neither
- Ali
- Zara
A strip holds ten tenths. Three are shaded. How many tenths are NOT shaded?
Answer: ______________

Answer key

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3 · One plus one plus one makes 3 tenths.
a tenth · Ten equal parts of a whole are tenths.
one tenth · Cutting a shape into 10 equal parts means each part is a tenth.
True · If you count all the way up to ten tenths, you have every part, which is the whole thing.
3 · Seven tenths need 3 more tenths to reach ten tenths.
7 tenths · Counting up in tenths goes one tenth at a time, so after 6 tenths comes 7 tenths.
10 tenths · Ten tenths stack back into one whole.
False · Sid is wrong. Ten tenths rebuild exactly one whole, neither more nor less.
Ali · Cutting into 10 equal parts makes tenths, not wholes. Ali is right.
7 · Ten tenths take away 3 shaded leave 7 unshaded.