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MEAP Preparation - Grade 6 Mathematics
2.34 Decimal Vocabulary

  1. The places to the right of a decimal point are called decimal places.
  2. The decimal places starting from the left are read as tenths, hundreths, thousandths and so on.
  3. The decimal 20.56 is read as twenty point five six. (Note: It is not read as twenty point fifty six.)
Example: What is the value of 4 in 20.43?
4 is in the tenths place
Answer: 4 tenths


Directions: Answer the following questions. Also write atleast 10 examples of your own for decimal place value.

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MEAP Preparation - Grade 6 Mathematics
2.34 Decimal Vocabulary

Q 1: The places to the right of the decimal point are called _____.
positive numbers
negative numbers
insignificant numbers
decimal places

Q 2: How do you read the decimal 0.5672?
zero point 5 thousand 6 hundred and 72
point five thousand six hundred and seventy two
point five six seven two

Q 3: How do you read the decimal 26.575?
Two six point five hundred and seventy five
Two six point five seven five
Twenty six point five seven five

Q 4: The value of 8 in the decimal number 0.08 is ____.
eight thousandths
one eighth
eight hundredths
eight hundred

Q 5: What is this number? It has a 5 in the tenths place, a 6 in the hundredths place and a 7 in the thousandths place and 2 in ten-thousandths place.
0.2567
0.7562
0.5672

Q 6: What is the correct mathematical way to say this number in words? 200.37
two hundred and thirty seven
two hundred and thirty seven hundredths
two hundred point thirty seven
two two zeros point three seven

Q 7: What is this number? It has a 3 in the tenths place, a 4 in the ones place, a 2 in the hundredths place and a 9 in the thousandths place.
3.429
4.239
4.329
4.923

Q 8: There is more than one way to write one tenth using numbers. Choose from the answers below
1/100, 0.01, 0.1%
1/10, 0.001, 1%
1/10, 0.01, 1%
1/10, 0.1, 10%

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