Decimal Place Value Charts – 4 Mat Variations

This printable decimal place value chart set runs from thousands down to millionths, with a large decimal point after the ones place. It comes as four mats, cut-apart cards and two pages of practice, so students can build, read and write decimal numbers and see that each move to the right divides by ten.

The mats use a mirror color pattern around the ones place. Tens and tenths share a color and a circle marker, hundreds and hundredths share a square, and thousands and thousandths share a triangle. Because of the shape markers, the pattern still shows when the chart is printed in black and white. The reference chart adds an arrow strip under the headers: times 10 for each place to the left, divided by 10 for each place to the right.

For hands-on work, students draw a mystery-number card, lay place-name cards on the Build It mat, write each place's value and fraction, then record the number in standard, word and expanded form. Blank clue cards let partners write mystery numbers for each other. The mats are easy to laminate for dry-erase use.

What's included (10 pages):

• Teacher page with the set contents, four ways to use the mats and a three-step guide to reading decimals aloud
• Mat 1 Build It, printed in two halves that lie side by side
• Mat 2 Name It and Mat 3 Value It on one page
• Mat 4 Reference Chart with names, decimal values, fraction values and the times 10 and divided by 10 arrows
• Ten place-name cards and four blank clue cards
• Twelve mystery-number cards
• Two practice pages with 14 items in five parts: three ways to write a number, digit value, ten times bigger or smaller, comparing decimals and fixing a mistake
• Answer key for every practice item and all 12 mystery numbers

Grades: best for grades 4 to 6, and useful for older students who need a place value review.

Formats: the set comes in full color and in grayscale for black and white printers.