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Convert Fractions into Decimals Involving Thousandths

In this worksheet, students will read and write decimal numbers up to thousandths as fractions or mixed numbers.

'Convert Fractions into Decimals Involving Thousandths' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 5 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Number: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Curriculum subtopic:   Know Decimal Numbers

Popular topics:   Fractions worksheets, Percentages worksheets

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

When converting between decimals and fractions, it is important to remember what each of the places after the decimal point mean!

 

The first place after the decimal point is the tenths, the second is the hundredths and the third is the thousandths.

 

a boy thumbs up

 

Decimal numbers with 1 decimal place can be changed into tenths.

Whole numbers stay as whole numbers.

 

fractions and decimals

 

Decimal numbers with 2 decimal places can be changed into hundredths.

Whole numbers stay as whole numbers.

 

fractions and decimals

 

Decimal numbers with 3 decimal places can be changed into thousandths.

Whole numbers stay as whole numbers.

 

fractions and decimals
 

The reverse is also true.

 

Let's try two example questions.

 

Example 1

Write the following fraction as a decimal.

 

5
1000

 

Answer

5 thousandths is 0.005 with 3 decimal places.

Use zeros to fill in the spaces.

The answer is 0.005.

 

Example 2

Write the following mixed number as a decimal.

 

 4  15
1000

 

Answer

15 thousandths is 0.015 with 3 decimal places.

The 4 is a whole number and stays the same.

The answer is 4.015.

 

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Now it's time to try some of these yourself. 

Good luck!

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