Decimal Place Value
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Objective
I can explain how the value of a digit changes when it moves to a different place in a decimal number.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
The rightmost space is the ones place, and moving one space to the left makes it the tens place.
- 2
When moving from hundreds to tens, you divide by ten, and when moving from tens to ones, you divide by ten.
- 3
To the right of the decimal are the tenths, hundredths, and thousandths places.
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Practice
10 questions
In the number 45.67, what place value does the digit 7 represent?
Explain how the value of the digit 5 changes between the numbers 500 and 0.05.
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Exit ticket
Quick comprehension check
“In the number 3.84, how does the value of the digit 4 change if it moves one place to the left? What is the new value of the 4?”
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