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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.
Q 1: Why is it important to learn about decimals?
Decimals are used in everyday life.
Decimals are in textbook.
Decimals will be useful if you plan to study engineering.
Decimals explain why fractions are so hard.

 Q 2: 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
0.5672
0.7562

Q 3: The value of 8 in the decimal number 0.08 is ____.
one eighth
eight hundredths
eight thousandths
eight hundred

 Q 4: What is the correct mathematical way to say this number in words? 200.37
two hundred and thirty seven hundredths
two two zeros point three seven
two hundred and thirty seven
two hundred point thirty seven

Q 5: 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, 0.1, 10%
1/10, 0.001, 1%
1/10, 0.01, 1%

 Q 6: Number lines are a good model for ordering decimals. Choose the correct statement about number lines.
The biggest number always comes first.
The order of numbers does not matter.
The largest number is always to the right.
The least number is always to the right.

Q 7: The word 'percent' means _______.
out of each hundred; per hundred
one dollar each
100 cents
every cent counts

 Q 8: 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.
4.239
3.429
4.329
4.923

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