Decimals

Grade 3

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Fractions and Decimals

Decimal: A number that uses placevalue and a decimal point to show

tenths and hundredths, and so on.

Examples: $0.25, $0.50, $0.75

A decimal point is a period separating

the ones and the tenths in a decimal.

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Tenths

You can use fraction or a decimal to name

parts of a whole.
Tenth: one of 10 equal parts of a whole

Tenths Grid

Fraction

4
10

Decimal

Word Name

0.4

Four tenths

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Tenths
Tenths Grid

Fraction
or Mixed
Number

2
1
10

Decimal

1.2

Word Name

One and two tenths

Remember: 10/10 =
1;
10 tenths = 1 whole

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Hundredths

Hundredth: one of 100 equal parts of

a whole

Hundredths Grid

Fraction

40
100

Decimal

0.40

Word Name

Forty hundredths

Remember:
10/100 = 1/10;
So, 0.4 = 0.40; four tenths
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Inc.forty hundredths

Hundredths
Hundredths Grid

Fraction

7
1
100

Decimal

1.07

Word Name

One and seven

hundredths

Remember: 100/100 = 1

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Equivalent Decimals
Decimals that name the same number are called equivalent decimals.
ones

50
0.50
100

tenths

hundredths
0

fifty hundredths

5
0.5
10

ones
0

tenths

hundredths

Five tenths
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Compare & Order Decimals

Compare 2.32 and 2.26

Use Place Value
Line up the decimal points. Compare
each place, starting at the greatest
place.
2 . 3 2
2 . 2 6
2.32 > 2.26
2=2

3>2

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Compare & Order Decimals

Compare 2.32 and 2.26

Use Place-Value Chart
Compare each place.
ones
2
2

2=2

tenths

.
.

hundredths

6
2.32 > 2.26

3>2
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Compare & Order Decimals

Compare 2.32 and 2.26

Use Models

2.32 > 2.26

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Compare & Order Decimals

Order 3.47, 2.26, 3.75

Use a number line
2.26

3.47

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3

2.26 < 3.47

3.75

3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 4

2.26 < 3.75

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3.47 < 3.75

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Compare & Order Decimals

Order 3.47, 2.26, 3.75

Use Place Value

Step 1
Line up the decimal
points. Compare the
greatest place first.
3.47
2.26
3.75

Step 2
Compare the next
greatest place.

Step 3
Order the decimals
from least to
greatest.

3.47
3.75

2.26, 3.47, 3.75

Think: 2 < 3

Think: 4 < 7

So, 2.26 is the least.

So, 3.47 < 3.75.

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Add Decimals

Use models
Add 0.5 + 0.7

0.5

First shade one

addend.
Then shade the
next addend.
Find the total.
So, 0.5 + 0.7 =
1.2
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0.7

= 1.2

Start shading the second

addend right after the first
addend.
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Add Decimals

You can also add decimals greater than 1.

Add 1.18 + 1.23

First shade one addend.

Then shade the next addend.
Find the total.
So, 1.18 + 1.23 = 2.41
1.18

1.23

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= 2.41

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Add Decimals

Use Place Value

Example: Add 0.5 + 0.9
Step 1: Line up the decimal points. Add the
tenths as you would do the whole numbers.
Regroup if necessary.
1

0.5
+ 0.9
4
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Add Decimals

Step 2: Add the ones next. Write the

decimal point in the sum.
1

0.5
+ 0.9
1.4
So, 0.5 + 0.9 = 1.4
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Subtract Decimals

Use models
Subtract 1.2 0.5

First shade 1.2

Then take away
0.5
Find how many
are left.
So, 1.2 - 0.5 = 0.7
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Subtract Decimals

Use models to
subtract decimals
with hundredths
Subtract 0.68 0.15

First shade 0.68

Then take away 0.15
Find how many are left.
So, 0.68 0.15 = 0.53

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Subtract Decimals

Use Place Value

Example: 1.12 0.35
Step 1: Line up the decimal points. Subtract
the hundredths first. Regroup if needed.
0 12

1.12
- 0.35
7
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Subtract Decimals

Step 2: Subtract the tenths next.

Regroup if needed.
0 10

0 12

1.12
- 0.35
77
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Subtract Decimals

Step 3: Subtract the ones next.

0 10

0 12

1.12
- 0.35
0.77

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Connecting Decimals and

Money
100 pennies = $1.00
1 = 1/100 of $1.00
1 = $0.01

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Connecting Decimals and

Money
5 = 5/100 of a dollar

5 cents is 5 hundredths of $1.00= $0.05

or 5/100

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Connecting Decimals and

Money
10 dimes = $1.00
1 = 10/100 of $1.00
10 = $0.10

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Connecting Decimals and

Money
1 dime = 10 = 1/10 of a dollar
10 = $0.10

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Connecting Decimals and

Money
Use Place Value
ones
2

tenths

hundredths
5

$2.35 to two dollars and thirty-five cents

Remember:
100 pennies = 1 dollar; 1 penny = 1/100 = 0.01
10 dimes = 1 dollar; 1 dime = 1/10 = 0.01
4 quarters = 1 dollar; 1 quarter = 25/100 = 0.25
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Assessment
1.

Write the fraction and the decimal to

name each shaded part.

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Assessment
2.

Write the fraction and the decimal to

name each shaded part.

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Assessment
3.
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10.

Write sixty-five hundredths as a decimal.

Write one and seven tenths as a decimal.
Find 2.9 + 4.2
Find 9.4 8.3
Find 3.6 + 4.5
Find 7.4 3.9
Jeri ran the 40-yard dash in 6.4 seconds. Bo
ran it in 9.3 seconds. How many seconds
faster was Jeri than Bo?
Find 32/100 of $1.00
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