Decimals are numbers that are written using a decimal point. Understanding decimals helps us to make sense of the numbers we use in our everyday lives. Decimal place value is the value of a digit based on its position in a number. It is important to understand the value of the digits to work with decimals The place values to the right of the decimal are tenths and hundredths.
Concepts:
Which of the following is NOT an example of a decimal?
Fractions and decimals can both be used to represent values less than a whole: .5 = 1/2 .25 = 1/4 75=1 3/4 .1= 1/10 .01=1/100
Fractions and decimals
How are decimals and fractions similar?
This show 3/10 OR .3 The three goes in the tenths place and is read as three-tenths.
Decimal pictures
What fractions does the picture below represent?