1. Writing, Comparing, and Rounding Decimals
Section (not in the book)

2. Vocabulary
None

3. Know your place values! __ __ __ . __ __ __ __ __ Ten Thousandths
Hundreds
Tens
Ones
Tenths
Hundredths
Thousandths
Thousandths
Hundred -
ALL place values after the decimal end with ‘ths’!

4. Can you write/ say the number?
Twenty-one and sixty-seven hundredths
Five and thirty-four thousandths
2.504
105,000.15

5. Comparing Decimals
Step 1: line up the decimals
Step 1b: add ‘0’ as place holders
Step 2: start with the highest place value, then go down

6. >, <, or = vs vs vs vs vs

7. Rounding
Step 1: Identify the place value you are rounding to. (underline it!)
Step 2: Look, ONLY, at the number to the right of that place value.
Step 3: If that digit is:
0-4, the underlined number stays the same.
5-9, the underlined number increases by one.

8. Practice Round 45.05891 to the nearest hundredths.
Round to the nearest tenth.
Round to the nearest thousandths.
*Important: there must be a digit on the place value you round to, and NO digit after that place value.

9. Worksheet Rounding & writing decimals Comparing decimals
Homework
Worksheet
Rounding & writing decimals
Comparing decimals
Comparing numbers in different situations