Decimals and Expanded Form Honors Math – Grade 5

A number expressed in expanded form shows the sum of the products of each digit and its place value. You can write expanded form in two ways. Places that hold a zero may be omitted in expanded form. or

Fill in the missing blanks.

0.045678 3.050904 78.5009 Write each expanded form in two ways. Decimal Expanded Form 0.045678 3.050904 78.5009

Write a Decimal from Word Form To write a decimal from word form, first identify the number of places in the decimal; then write the last digit in the last decimal place. Add zeros as placeholders if necessary. Decimal Expanded Form 907 millionths 14 hundred thousandths 80 and 13 ten thousandths 16 and 35 hundredths