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

01/91/52/72/51/23/55/74/58/911/9

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.