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The number is read fifteen and sixty-eight hundredths .
Name each decimal: ⓐ ⓑ ⓒ ⓓ
ⓐ | |
4.3 | |
Name the number to the left of the decimal point. | four_____ |
Write "and" for the decimal point. | four and_____ |
Name the number to the right of the decimal point as if it were a whole number. | four and three_____ |
Name the decimal place of the last digit. | four and three tenths |
ⓑ | |
2.45 | |
Name the number to the left of the decimal point. | two_____ |
Write "and" for the decimal point. | two and_____ |
Name the number to the right of the decimal point as if it were a whole number. | two and forty-five_____ |
Name the decimal place of the last digit. | two and forty-five hundredths |
ⓒ | |
0.009 | |
Name the number to the left of the decimal point. | Zero is the number to the left of the decimal; it is not included in the name. |
Name the number to the right of the decimal point as if it were a whole number. | nine_____ |
Name the decimal place of the last digit. | nine thousandths |
ⓓ | |
Name the number to the left of the decimal point. | negative fifteen |
Write "and" for the decimal point. | negative fifteen and_____ |
Name the number to the right of the decimal point as if it were a whole number. | negative fifteen and five hundred seventy-one_____ |
Name the decimal place of the last digit. | negative fifteen and five hundred seventy-one thousandths |
Name each decimal:
ⓐ ⓑ ⓒ ⓓ
Name each decimal:
ⓐ ⓑ ⓒ ⓓ
Now we will translate the name of a decimal number into decimal notation. We will reverse the procedure we just used.
Let’s start by writing the number six and seventeen hundredths:
six and seventeen hundredths | |
The word and tells us to place a decimal point. | ___.___ |
The word before and is the whole number; write it to the left of the decimal point. | 6._____ |
The decimal part is seventeen hundredths.
Mark two places to the right of the decimal point for hundredths. |
6._ _ |
Write the numerals for seventeen in the places marked. | 6.17 |
Write fourteen and thirty-seven hundredths as a decimal.
fourteen and thirty-seven hundredths | |
Place a decimal point under the word ‘and’. | ______. _________ |
Translate the words before ‘and’ into the whole number and place it to the left of the decimal point. | 14. _________ |
Mark two places to the right of the decimal point for “hundredths”. | 14.__ __ |
Translate the words after “and” and write the number to the right of the decimal point. | 14.37 |
Fourteen and thirty-seven hundredths is written 14.37. |
Write as a decimal: thirteen and sixty-eight hundredths.
13.68
Write as a decimal: five and eight hundred ninety-four thousandths.
5.894
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