Review:

Reading and Writing

Decimal Numbers
Recall:
Determine the expanded form of the given:
9 876
34 156
123 654
 a Decimal Number can be defined as
a number whose whole number part and the
fractional part is separated by a decimal point.
The dot in a decimal number is called a decimal
point. The digits following the decimal point show
a value smaller than one.
Which of the following is an example of a
decimal?
F
1/4
D1.76
w 25
F 2/3

D 0.35 D w
22.1 F 178 86/79
To read a decimal number,
1.read the digits to the left of the decimal point
as a whole number,
2.read the decimal point as “and,” then
3.read the digits to the right of the decimal
point as a whole number followed by the
value of the rightmost digit.
42.625
Word form: forty-two and six hundred twenty-five thousandths
Since the digit 6 is in the tenths place, its value is 0.6.

71.982
Word form: seventy-one and nine hundred eighty-two thousandths
Since the digit 8 is in the hundredths place, its value is 0.08.

Identify the word form and place value of the

underlined digit
6.104
128.3754
Two and six thousandths
Standard form: 2.006

Thirty-five and one hundred twenty thousandths

Standard form: 35.120

Identify the word form of the given decimal

468.79
5659.0037