Questions on Decimal Place Value
Multiple choice questions focused on Decimal Place Value for Grade 6,hypothetical situations. Each question includes five alternatives (A–E), followed by a complete answer key at the end.
Topic: Decimal Place Value
Grade: 6
Skill: Understanding tenths, hundredths, and thousandths in real-life contexts.
✅ QUESTIONS
1. Maria ran 3.47 km in the morning. What digit is in the tenths place?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 7
D) 0
E) 1
2. A watermelon weighs 2.856 kg. What digit is in the hundredths place?
A) 8
B) 5
C) 6
D) 2
E) 0
3. A bottle contains 1.205 liters of juice. What is the value of the digit 5?
A) 5
B) 0.5
C) 0.005
D) 0.05
E) 5.0
4. A bus traveled 128.4 km. What digit is in the tenths place?
A) 1
B) 8
C) 2
D) 4
E) 0
5. A ribbon is 0.603 meters long. What digit is in the thousandths place?
A) 0
B) 3
C) 6
D) 9
E) 5
6. The price of a chocolate bar is 1.35 dollars. What is the value of the digit 3?
A) 3
B) 0.3
C) 0.03
D) 30
E) 3.0
7. Lucy drank 0.75 liters of water. What digit is in the hundredths place?
A) 5
B) 0
C) 7
D) 8
E) 1
8. A runner completed a race in 12.067 seconds. What is the value of 6?
A) 0.6
B) 6
C) 0.06
D) 0.006
E) 0.0006
9. A book weighs 1.405 kg. What digit is in the thousandths place?
A) 5
B) 0
C) 4
D) 1
E) 3
10. An orange costs 0.95 dollars. What digit is in the tenths place?
A) 9
B) 5
C) 0
D) 1
E) 8
11. A swimming pool is 8.32 meters wide. What is the value of the digit 2?
A) 0.2
B) 2.0
C) 0.02
D) 0.002
E) 2.2
12. A pencil measures 17.084 cm. What digit is in the hundredths place?
A) 8
B) 7
C) 0
D) 4
E) 1
13. A medicine bottle contains 0.473 liters of liquid. What is the value of the digit 4?
A) 4
B) 0.4
C) 0.04
D) 0.004
E) 0.0004
14. A notebook costs 5.09 dollars. What digit is in the hundredths place?
A) 0
B) 5
C) 9
D) 1
E) 2
15. A fish is 0.506 meters long. What is the value of the digit 6?
A) 6
B) 0.6
C) 0.06
D) 0.006
E) 0.0006
16. A temperature was recorded as 36.582°C. What digit is in the hundredths place?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 8
D) 2
E) 3
17. A sports car accelerated to 120.6 km/h. What digit is in the tenths place?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 0
D) 6
E) 3
18. An ant traveled 0.104 meters in a minute. What is the value of the digit 4?
A) 0.4
B) 0.04
C) 0.004
D) 0.0004
E) 0.00004
19. A milk bottle holds 1.750 liters. What digit is in the thousandths place?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 5
D) 7
E) 9
20. A soccer ball weighs 0.849 kg. What is the value of the digit 8?
A) 8
B) 0.8
C) 0.08
D) 0.008
E) 80
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ANSWER KEY WITH EXPLANATIONS
1. B – 3.47 → Tenths is 4
2. B – 2.856 → Hundredths is 5
3. C – 0.005 → Thousandths = 0.005
4. D – 128.4 → Tenths is 4
5. B – Thousandths is the third decimal: 0.603
6. B – 1.35 = 3 tenths = 0.3
7. A – 0.75 → Hundredths = 5
8. C – 12.067 → Hundredths = 0.06
9. A – 1.405 → Thousandths is 5
10. A – 0.95 → Tenths = 9
11. C – 8.32 → Hundredths = 0.02
12. A – 17.084 → Hundredths = 8
13. B – 0.473 → Tenths = 0.4
14. C – 5.09 → Hundredths = 9
15. D – 0.506 → Thousandths = 0.006
16. A – 36.582 → Hundredths = 5
17. D – 120.6 → Tenths = 6
18. C – 0.104 = 4 thousandths = 0.004
19. A – 1.750 → Thousandths = 0
20. B – 0.849 → Tenths = 0.8
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