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CAASPP Mathematics Decimals — practice questions

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The cost in dollars and cents is shown using which mark?Read the answer and worked solution →The price of a gallon of gasoline is given as an example of which kind of number?Read the answer and worked solution →The first place value to the right of the decimal point is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which place value follows one tenth to the right of the decimal point?Read the answer and worked solution →Naming a whole number corresponds to a place value based on the powers of:Read the answer and worked solution →In the United States, gasoline prices are usually written with the decimal part as:Read the answer and worked solution →The number 5.03 is read as five and three:Read the answer and worked solution →Writing 0.7 as a fraction puts which number in the denominator?Read the answer and worked solution →A decimal number can be converted to a fraction or to a:Read the answer and worked solution →The number minus 0.286 is described as having what to the left of the decimal point?Read the answer and worked solution →A decimal whose digits go on repeating without end is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Buying several items packaged together for one price is described as buying:Read the answer and worked solution →Comparing bulk packages of different sizes is done by finding the:Read the answer and worked solution →Writing 0.29 as a fraction puts which number in the denominator?Read the answer and worked solution →Gasoline priced in thousandths carries how many digits after the decimal point?Read the answer and worked solution →The number 5.03 differs from 5.30 because the digits sit in different:Read the answer and worked solution →Two packages of different sizes are best compared by dividing price by:Read the answer and worked solution →A decimal that never terminates but cycles through the same digits is best described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Stop on the right place valueRead the answer and worked solution →Work the decimal placesRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the decimal place valuesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: decimalsRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the decimal rulesRead the answer and worked solution →

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The cost in dollars and cents is shown using which mark?

  1. A decimal point
  2. A fraction bar
  3. A percent sign
  4. A square root
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Correct answer: A. A decimal point

1. Money is the everyday use of decimals. 2. A price is not usually written as a fraction. 3. It is shown using a decimal point. 4. That describes the cost in dollars and cents. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Decimals', sections 5.1-5.7_

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The price of a gallon of gasoline is given as an example of which kind of number?

  1. A negative number
  2. A decimal number
  3. A prime number
  4. A square number
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Correct answer: B. A decimal number

1. Decimals are introduced through a familiar price. 2. Prices are written with a whole part and a part after the point. 3. The price of a gallon of gasoline is written as a decimal number. 4. It uses a decimal point for dollars and cents. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Decimals', sections 5.1-5.7_

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The first place value to the right of the decimal point is:

  1. One tenth part
  2. One hundredth
  3. One thousandth
  4. A ten-thousandth
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Correct answer: A. One tenth part

1. Place values to the right shrink by tens. 2. The decimal place names run in a fixed order. 3. The first is one tenth. 4. One hundredth, one thousandth and one ten-thousandth follow. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Decimals', sections 5.1-5.7_

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