Place Value Shifts: Fluency & Practice

Mathematics
GCSE Foundation
11 questions
~22 mins
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A worksheet focusing on understanding and applying place value shifts when multiplying decimals by 10, 100, and 1000. Designed for GCSE Foundation students to develop procedural fluency and reasoning skills.

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Place Value Shifts: Fluency & Practice

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Grade GCSE Foundation
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Practice Questions

Answer all questions. Show your working in the grid spaces provided.
1.
Calculate 0.75 multiplied by 10. Show your working.
[2 marks]
2.
What is 0.09 multiplied by 100? Show your working.
[2 marks]
3.
Multiply 0.006 by 1000. Write the result.
[2 marks]
4.
A decimal 0.48 is multiplied by 10. What is the new value? Show your working.
[2 marks]
5.
Explain why multiplying 0.123 by 100 results in moving the decimal point. Include the concept of place value shifts in your answer.
[3 marks]
6.
Construct a number that, when multiplied by 1000, results in 5.4. Write the original number.
[3 marks]
7.
If you mistakenly multiply 0.67 by 100 instead of 10, what error do you make, and what is the incorrect answer? Show your working.
[3 marks]
8.
A decimal number increases from 0.36 to 3.6 after being multiplied by a certain power of 10. Identify the multiplier and explain your reasoning.
[3 marks]
9.
A student multiplies 0.045 by 1000. Their answer is 45. Identify and correct the mistake in their calculation.
[3 marks]
10.
Plot the graph of y = 2x on the grid. Draw the line clearly.
[4 marks]
11.
Construct a triangle on the grid where one side length is 4 units and is aligned with the axes. Label the vertices.
[4 marks]

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Created
1/1/2026
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1/1/2026
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