1. Reading Decimals

2. Breaking it Down Step 4 Step 1 Step 3
Read the whole number (everything before the decimal point)
Step 2
Say AND when you get to the decimal point
Step 3
Read the number after the decimal point.
Step 4
Label the last part with whatever decimal place value it ends in.
(tenths, hundredths, or thousandths)

3. 78.6 Final: Seventy-eight and six tenths Example
1. Read the whole number: Seventy –eight
3. Read the number after the decimal: Six
2. Say AND for the decimal point. DO NOT SAY POINT!
Final: Seventy-eight and six tenths
4. Label what place value it ends in: Tenths

4. Example
2,314.98
1. Read the whole number: Two thousand, three hundred fourteen.
3. Read the number after the decimal: Ninety-eight
2. Say AND for the decimal point. DO NOT SAY POINT!
Final: Two thousand, three hundred fourteen and ninety-eight hundredths
4. Label what place value it ends in: Hundredths

5. 1,432,002.02 Example 3. Read the number after the decimal: two
1. Read the whole number: One million, four hundred thirty-two thousand, two.
3. Read the number after the decimal: two
2. Say AND for the decimal point. DO NOT SAY POINT!
Final: One million, four hundred thirty-two thousand, two and two hundredths.
4. Label what place value it ends in: Hundredths

6. Example
0.157
1. Read the whole number: Zero
3. Read the number after the decimal: One hundred fifty-seven
2. Say AND for the decimal point. DO NOT SAY POINT!
Final: Zero and one hundred fifty –seven thousandths OR just one hundred fifty-seven thousandths (you don’t have to say zero)
4. Label what place value it ends in: Thousandths

7. Your Turn!
3.29
Three and twenty-nine hundredths

8. Your Turn!
0.063
Zero and sixty-three thousandths

9. 2,594.06 Two thousand, five hundred ninety-four and six hundredths
Your Turn!
2,594.06
Two thousand, five hundred ninety-four and six hundredths

10. Your Turn!
4,789,321.1
Four million, seven hundred eighty-nine thousand, three hundred twenty-one and one tenth.