The place value of a digit decreases to one tenth as the digit moves by one place, FROM left to right. 3 I nstead of using a table,we can place a DECIMAL POINT between the ones and tenths place and write as tenths hundredths thousandths

PICTURE FRACTION DECIMAL Decimal takes less Space!.3.6

A DECIMAL IS ANOTHER WAY OF REPRESENTING A FRACTION DECIMAL PART WHOLE NUMBER PART DECIMAL POINT DECIMAL POINT SEPERATES THE WHOLE PART AND THE FRACTION PART! Decimal number has a decimal point!

4.6Four point six Four and six tenths 8.25Eight point two five Eight and twenty five hundredths 39.07Thirty nine point zero seven Thirty nine and seven hundredths 0.123Zero point one two three One hundred twenty three thousandths Zero on the left of a whole Number has no value zero on the right of a decimal has no value So, =5.5

0.5 5 five tenths two and three tenths eighty nine hundredths four thousandths seventy six and one tenth No. of decimal digits =No. of zeroes in the denominater!

146 How many whole squares? 1 How many more tenths? 4 How many more hundredths? 6 1’s 10 1 ‘s 100. So, the above shaded figure represents the decimal WHAT DOES THE SHADED REGION REPRESENT?

Count the shaded wholes, tenths, and hundredths to form the DECIMAL

10 Or O.3 of my fingers are hurt. 3 Two of the ten petals are coloured pink. So, 0.2 of the petals are coloured pink!

0.4 OF THE CAKE IS LEFT! 1.8 L OF LIQUID IS IN THE JARS ALTOGETHER! It’s so easy to say in decimals!

Count the whole and then the parts! Box of ten Ten masks 1.2 packets of balls! 1.5 packets of pencils! 2.4 packets of masks!

Three of the ten beetroot’s leaves have been cut. Or 0.3 of the beetroot’s leaves are cut! Decimals are always something out of ten or hundreds!

Eight out of the ten members are taking the notes. So 0.8 members are taking the notes!

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 After all, decimals are not that complicated !  Decimals are another way of representing fractions!  Decimals are always a part of ten, hundred, or a thousand!  Decimals take less space!