Decimal place value to thousandths worksheets for Grade 5 help students read, represent, and reason about decimals with three digits to the right of the decimal point. This three-page set combines matching, missing-digit clues, and short measurement contexts so students work with standard form, word form, expanded form, and the value of individual digits.
Read decimals in standard, word, and expanded forms
The matching page asks students to connect decimals such as 6.138, 3.509, and 7.916 with the correct word form and expanded form. The choices include values like 6 + 0.1 + 0.03 + 0.008, which requires students to distinguish tenths, hundredths, and thousandths rather than match by appearance alone. Students who need an earlier step with decimal decomposition can review our expanded form with decimals practice.
Use place-value clues to find missing digits
The second activity focuses directly on digit value. Students complete decimals from clues such as a tenths digit with a value of 0.7, a hundredths digit with a value of 0.02, or a thousandths digit with a value of 0.004. Examples include completing 6._2, 1.9_5, and 8.31_, which makes the relationship between a digit’s position and its value explicit.
Apply thousandths in short measurement problems
The final worksheet uses brief holiday measurement situations to ask four different place-value questions. Students identify the value of the 4 in 3.748, write 6.052 in word form, find the thousandths digit in 8.609, and convert five and three hundred ninety-one thousandths to standard form. For a prerequisite review of decimals greater than one with tenths and hundredths, the decimals greater than one worksheets provide a natural lead-in.
Together, the three activities move from recognizing equivalent decimal forms to reasoning about exact digit values and then applying that understanding in short written contexts.