What is the place value of the 6 in the number 8,621?
decimal place value
Place Value: The value of a digit based on its place in a number.
Rounding: An estimation of a number to the nearest whole number or decimal place.
Decimals: A decimal is a way to express numbers that are not whole numbers. It is made up of a combination of a whole number and a fraction.
What strategies do you use to identify the place value of a digit in a decimal number?
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Clues
In pairs: Select one task
Question: Ms. Smith has five hundred twenty-three dollars and forty-two cents. How much money does she have in dollars?
Remember that decimal place value goes up in tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc. The number after the decimal point is the cents and the number before is the dollars. Look at the place value of each digit to determine the value of the number.
A: Work in pairs to create a drawing that explains how to solve the problem. B: Write out your explanation of how to solve the problem in your own words.
What is the value of the digit 4 in the number 345.67?
How many decimal places are there in the number 2.567?
What is the value of the digit 9 in the number 0.987?
Which digit represents tens in the number 56.32?
- Tenths
- Units
- Thousands
- Hundredths
Work together in pairs: What is the place value of the digit 4 in the decimal number 0.412?