Just as in Place Value to the Billions, numbers that have decimal points have place value, too Tenths Hundredths Thousandths

Standard Form -When the number is written out using only numerals

-Word Form -When the number is written out using only words Two hundred thirty-four thousandths

-Short Word Form -When the number is written out using numbers and words 234 thousandths

5 and 786 thousandths This number is written in: Short Word Form

5.786 This number is written in: Standard Form

Five and seven hundred eighty-six thousandths This number is written in: Word Form

How decimals are read aloud: -Look at the last digit Decide which place value this digit is in. Tenths Hundreths -Begin by saying the whole number. -Now, read the decimal point by saying “and”. -Next, say the digits to the right of the decimal point as if it was a whole number. -Finish by saying the place value of the last digit.

Let’s try it again! Look at the last digit. -Decide which place value this digit is in. -Begin by saying the whole number. -Now, read the decimal point by saying “and”. -Next, say the digits to the right of the decimal point as if it was a whole number. -Finish by saying the place value of the last digit. Tenths Hundreths Thousandths

One more time! Look at the last digit. -Decide which place value this digit is in. -Begin by saying the whole number. -Now, read the decimal point by saying “and”. -Next, say the digits to the right of the decimal point as if it was a whole number. -Finish by saying the place value of the last digit. Tenths

Review: Standard Form: Short word Form: Word Form: 54 and 289 thousandths Fifty-four and two hundred eighty-nine thousandths Tenths Hundreths Thousandths

What decimal does this picture represent? -Count the number of yellow squares. -There are 43 squares filled in out of the available Put these numbers into a fraction: Reduce the fraction, if you can. -Change the fraction to a decimal.

This fraction cannot be reduced, so we look at the denominator to decide how many place values we will need. -This fraction is read aloud as such: forty- three hundredths, so it will be written as a decimal in the same way Tenths Hundredths

What decimal does this picture represent? -Count the number of yellow squares. -There are 67 squares filled in out of the available Put these numbers into a fraction: Reduce the fraction, if you can. -Change the fraction to a decimal.

This fraction cannot be reduced, so we look at the denominator to decide how many place values we will need. -This fraction is read aloud as such: forty- three hundredths, so it will be written as a decimal in the same way Tenths Hundredths