DECIMAL READING AND WRITING

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DECIMAL -- READINGAND WRITING

• FIVE AND SEVEN TENTHS

5.7
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DECIMALS
1 5 . 7 9 8 6 5 4
TENS
ONES
TENTHS
MILLIONTHS
THOUSANDTHS
HUNDREDTHS
TEN-THOUSANDTHS
HUNDRED-THOUSANDTHS
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How Do I Read a Decimal?
3.12

• Begin with reading the whole number first (to the
  left of the decimal point).

three
2. Then, read the decimal as and.
and

• Next, read the number to the right of the decimal
  point.

twelve
4. Finally, say the last digits place value.
hundredths
three and twelve hundredths
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Lets See Some More Examples!
1.) 28.6
1. Read to the left of decimal. 2. Decimal point
means and. 3. Read to the right of decimal. 4.
Say the last digits place value.
Twenty-eight
and
six
tenths
2.) 41.0238
forty-one
and
two hundred thirty eight
ten thousandths
3.) 16.329
sixteen
and
three hundred twenty-nine
thousandths
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Now You Try!
1.) 4.61093
four and sixty-one thousand ninety-three hundred
thousandths
2.) 0.45
forty-five hundredths
3.) 0.0028
twenty-eight ten thousandths
4.) 564.073
five hundred sixty-four and seventy-three
thousandths
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How Do I Write a Decimal?
FIFTEEN AND TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS

• Look at the words to the left of and write
  that number down.

.
15
2. Place a decimal point after the number.

• Write the remaining number down except the place
  value.

27
4. Place the digit to the far right in its
correct place value and add any zeros if
necessary before it.
15.27
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Lets See Some More Examples!
1.) twenty and four hundred five ten-thousandths
.
20
405
0
2.) five and eighteen hundredths
.
5
18
Write left of decimal. Place decimal
point. Write in correct place value Add zeros
for fillers
3.) seven hundred five thousandths
.
705
4.) eight and fourteen ten thousandths
.
8
14
00
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Now You Try!
1.) fifty hundredths
.50
2.) twenty-eight and six tenths
28.6
3.) ten and two hundred fifty-five ten
thousandths
10.0255
4.) two hundred thirty-two and three thousandths
232.003