Decimal Place

This slide show is intended to reinforce place value

and decimals. It is intended to be used in class with
a data projector.

Liz Philip

Decimal

means

10

A point means
smaller than 1

0.1

Multiply means to get

bigger

So
To multiply by 10 the number
gets 10 times bigger

6 x 10 = 60

But the point

NEVER
moves

Divide means to get

smaller

So
To divide by 10 the number gets
10 times smaller

60 10 = 6

But the point

NEVER
moves

ten
th h t u .

1 0.

two tenths
th h t u .

0.2

Ten point two

th h t u .

Ten whole

1 0.2

Two
0tenths

Three hundred
th h t u .

3 0 0.

Three thousand
th h t u .

3 0 0 0.

Three hundredths
th h t u .

0.0 3

Multiply means to get

bigger

6 x 10 =
th h t u .

6 0.
6.0

6.2 x 10 =
th h t u .

6 2.
6.2

62 x 10 =
th h t u .

6 26 0.
2.0

But the point

NEVER
moves

Divide means to get

smaller

370 10 =
th h t u .

3 37 7.0
0.

37 10 =
th h t u .

3 3.7
7.

3.7 10 =
th h t u .

3.7 7
0.3

But the point

NEVER
moves