Decimals
Tenths, hundredths and money with a decimal point.
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A decimal is a way to write parts of one.
Look: A square cut into 100 little squares. 35 are coloured: 0.35.
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1Write 3 tenths as a decimal.
22.5 + 1.75 = ?
3Which is smallest: 0.5, 0.45, 0.405?
! Careful!
✗Thinking 0.65 > 0.7 because 65 > 7.
✓Make them the same length: 0.65 vs 0.70.
✗Adding without lining up the dots.
✓Keep the dots under each other.
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A decimal is a way to write parts of one.
Cut 1 into 10 parts: each is 0.1. Cut it into 100 parts: each is 0.01. So 0.5 is a half and 0.25 is a quarter.
Think of it like this₹12.50 means 12 whole rupees and 50 paise. The dot separates the wholes from the parts.
- 0.1
- One tenth.
- 0.01
- One hundredth.
Solved together
Which is bigger: 0.7 or 0.65?
Give them the same number of places: 0.7 = 0.70.
0.70 and 0.6570 hundredths is more than 65 hundredths.
Answer0.7 is bigger.
Now practise it
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