Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
Which is 3.47 in words?
- Read the whole number: three. Say “and” for the point.
- Read 47 as a number, then name the last place, the hundredths.
Answer: three and forty-seven hundredths
Example 2
Write in digits: five and nine thousandths
- Thousandths means three places after the point.
- Nine thousandths is .009: the zeros hold the tenths and hundredths places.
Answer: 5.009
Where this is taught: Quiz 13: Decimal Place Value, “Reading them aloud, and a promise kept”
The drill
Ten problems
How many:
Type your answer, or tap it, for each problem, then press Check my answers at the bottom.Write your answer on the line, or circle it. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.