Reading Decimal Places
Mathematics · Number Representation & Place Value · conceptual
Identify the value of each digit in numbers given to three decimal places (e.g. in 4.378, the 7 represents 7 hundredths)
What mastery looks like
- State the value of each digit in 2.635 (2 ones, 6 tenths, 3 hundredths, 5 thousandths)
- Explain the relationship between adjacent decimal places (each place is ten times smaller)
- Write a number given digit values (e.g. 4 ones, 0 tenths, 7 hundredths, 3 thousandths = 4.073)
Check your understanding
In the number 4.378, can Reading Decimal Places tell you that the 7 represents 7 hundredths — not 7 tenths or 7 thousandths?
Prerequisites
Required first