Use benchmarks across forms
4th Grade Math practice: Which is closer to 1/2: 0.45 or 0.6. Part of stretch: number reasoning (Stretch: Number Reasoning).
~9 min
Benchmarks such as 0, 1/2, and 1 help compare fractions and decimals quickly.
Tenths as Decimals
One tenth is written as 0.1, representing one equal part of a whole divided into ten parts. On a number line, 0.1 is the first mark between 0 and 1.
💡 Think of 0.1 as a dime in a dollar, where ten dimes make one whole dollar.

