Explain how the value of the digit 5 changes between the numbers 500 and 0.05.

In 500, the 5 represents 5 hundreds. In 0.05, the 5 represents 5 hundredths. The value decreases significantly.

Decimal Place Value

Grade 5th Grade · Math · 45 min· Ccss 5.nbt.a.1

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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Place value with decimals

3 key 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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“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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