2. Just as in Place Value to the Billions, numbers that have decimal points have place value, too. 0.2 3 4 Tenths Hundredths Thousandths

3. 0.2 3 4 -Standard Form -When the number is written out using only numerals

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

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

6. 5 and 786 thousandths This number is written in: Short Word Form

7. 5.786 This number is written in: Standard Form

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

9. How decimals are read aloud: -Look at the last digit. 3. 2 9 -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.

10. Let’s try it again! 9. 3 1 7 -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

11. One more time! 3 4. 8 -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

12. Review: Standard Form: 54.289 Short word Form: Word Form: 54 and 289 thousandths Fifty-four and two hundred eighty-nine thousandths Tenths Hundreths Thousandths 5 4. 2 8 9

13. What decimal does this picture represent? -Count the number of yellow squares. -There are 43 squares filled in out of the available 100. -Put these numbers into a fraction: 43 100 -Reduce the fraction, if you can. -Change the fraction to a decimal.

14. 43 100 -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. 0. 4 3 Tenths Hundredths

15. What decimal does this picture represent? -Count the number of yellow squares. -There are 67 squares filled in out of the available 100. -Put these numbers into a fraction: 67 100 -Reduce the fraction, if you can. -Change the fraction to a decimal.

16. 67 100 -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. 0. 6 7 Tenths Hundredths