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Decimals
Lesson Recap – What Are Decimals?
This lesson explains how to
read and work with decimals.
Problem: You work in a medical lab and you need to tell your coworker how
much medicine you need.

“I need two tenths of a gram of insulin.”

Saying numbers correctly can ensure everyone is talking about the same
thing.
Decimals
Lesson Recap – What Are Decimals?

 Decimals are numbers that are less than 1 but greater than 0
0 < 0.1 < 1 (0.1 is between 0 and 1, so it is a decimal)

 They appear to the right of the decimal point

whole number decimal

39.1
“39” is the whole number part
“.1” is the decimal part

 “39.1” is read…  “0.1” is the same thing as

“.1”. “.1” is just a lazy way
“Thirty-nine and one tenth” of writing the number.
Decimals
Lesson Recap – What Are Decimals?

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+ .008 so there are “7 hundredths.”
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0009 would be 00000.0700, which is 0.07 (seven hundredths.)
Decimals , say
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0.20 = “twenty hundredths”
0.200 = “two hundred thousandths“
 Decimals
Lesson Recap – What Are Decimals?
Try it yourself

What numbers are these?

Three and two hundredths = 3.02
Forty and two thousandth =
Twelve and twelve hundredths =
Eighty and eighty ten-thousands =

How do you say these numbers?

37.03 = Thirty-seven and three hundredths
9.04 =
20.040 =
100.01 =
Click for answers:
Forty and two thousandth = 40.002
Which of these are true: Twelve and twelve hundredths = 12.12
A) 2.01 = 2.010 B) 2.01 = 2.001 Eighty and eighty ten-thousands = 80.0080

C) 2.001 = 2.100 D) 2.10 = 2.010 9.04 = nine and four hundredths

20.040 = twenty and forty thousands
E) 2.10 = 2.100 F) 2.0010 = 2.001 100.01 = one hundred and one hundredth

End of Lesson 1 A, E, and F are true

Decimals
Lesson #1 – Addition & Subtraction
Decimals
Lesson #1 – Addition & Subtraction
 Line up the decimals points
 Put zeroes in the blank spaces to help you see what you’re
adding
1 7 1
24.3 + 18.45  24.30 18.62 – 3.8  /
18.62
+18.45 - 3.80
42.75 14.82

 When adding, don’t forget to carry when numbers

add up to more than 10.
 When subtracting, don’t forget to borrow if the top
number is smaller than the bottom number.
Decimals
Lesson #1 – Addition & Subtraction
 All numbers have a decimal point, even if you can’t see it.
For example, $15 can also be written as $15.00

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20 + 4.02  20.00 100 – 25.783  /// //
100.000
+ 4.02 - 25.783
24.02 74.217

 Even if you don’t see

the decimal point, it’s
actually at the end.
100 = 100. = 100.00
Remember when you’re borrowing, you
can’t borrow from nothing (zero). Make
sure you borrow all the way over to the
first non-zero number you find.
 15 Minute Math – Decimals
Lesson # 2 – Addition & Subtraction

Try it yourself

2.89 + 1.5 = 20.6 + 10.9 = 3.13 + 9 =

20 + 8.2 = 9.373 + 3.34 = 9 + 2.8 =

12.99 – 8.1 = 19 – 3.2 = 2.933 – 1.2 =

8.4 – 5.555 = 20 – 2.5 = 100 – 2.66 =

Click for answers:

2.89 + 1.5 = 4.39 20.6 + 10.9 = 31.5 3.13 + 9 = 12.13
20 + 8.2 = 28.2 9.373 + 3.34 = 12.713 9 + 2.8 = 11.8
12.99 – 8.1 = 4.89 19 – 3.2 = 15.82.933 – 1.2 = 1.733
End of Lesson 2 8.4 – 5.555 = 2.845 20 – 2.5 = 17.5100
17.5100 – 2.66 = 97.34
Decimals
Lesson #2– Multiplication
Decimals
Lesson #2– Multiplication
 Don’t worry about the decimal until you’re done multiplying
everything
 First multiply, and then count up the places to the right of the
decimal point and put the decimal in the answer.

3.51 x 1.4  351  first, multiply 351 by 4

 then, multiply 351 by 10
×14  then, add up the numbers
 last, since there are a total of 3
1404 decimal places in the problem,
3 decimal +3510 start from the right and move the
places decimal 3 places to the left in the
4914  4.914 answer (the problem has 3
decimal places and so does the
answer)

So, 3.51 x 1.4 = 4.914!

Decimals
Lesson #2– Multiplication
 Remember to only count numbers to the RIGHT of the decimal
point.

2.3 × 0.0002  23
×2
 Sometimes you may
46  0.00046 see
5 decimal .00046 instead of
places 0.00046. Both are
right, but it’s more
5 decimal common to put a 0 in
places the ones place.

So, 2.3 x 0.0002 = 0.00046!

Decimals
Lesson #2– Multiplication
 There are some shortcuts you can take if you’re multiplying by a
multiple of 10. Multiples of 10 are things like 10, 100, 1000 and
also things like 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, etc.

shift the decimal left 4 places (if you move the decimal point right
(don’t see the decimal point it’s at the end) 2 spaces (100 has 2 0’s)
297 × 0.0001 = 0.0297 2.309 × 100 = 230.9

Try not to think about if you’re moving the

4 decimal decimal to the right or the left. Think if you
places need to make the number larger (because
you’re multiplying by a number bigger than 1)
or if you need to make the number smaller
(because you’re multiplying by a number
between 0 and 1). Then move the decimal
point in the direction that will make the number
bigger or smaller.
 Decimals
Lesson #2– Multiplication
Try it yourself

27.2 × 9.2 = 3.2904 × 0.22 = 62.5 × 12.8 =

38 × 0.25 = 0.034 × 0.026 = 8.02 × 2.1 =

2.04 × 0.001 = 589 × 100 = 10.2 × 1.2 =

0.34 × 0.5 = 5.89 × 100 = 9.9999 × 0.01 =

Click for answers:

27.2 × 9.2 = 250.24 3.2904 × 0.22 = 0.723888 62.5 × 12.8 = 800
38 × 0.25 = 9.5 0.034 × 0.026 = 0.000884 8.02 × 2.1 = 16.842
2.04 × 0.001 = 0.00204 589 × 100 = 58,900 10.2 × 1.2 = 12.24
End of Lesson 3 0.34 × 0.5 = 0.17 5.89 × 100 = 589 9.9999 × 0.01 = 0.099999
Decimals
Lesson #3– Division
 Decimals
Lesson #3– Division
 Remind yourself of the steps you need to take when dividing
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and do it again 42
 Decimals
Lesson #3– Division
Step 1 - Move the decimal of the divisor (outside the house) as far to
the right as you can
Step 2 - Move the decimal of the dividend (inside the house) by the
same number of spaces
Step 3 - Move the decimal straight up onto the answer line
Step 4 - Divide like normal

Problem Steps 1 & 2 Step 3 Step 4

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8.91 ÷  3.3 |8.91  33 |89.1  33 |89.1  33 |89.1
3.3 - 66
 Think of the division sign, | , like a house. With all division 231
problems, the first number goes inside the house (the 8.91) and - 231
the second goes outside the house (3.3).
 If you forget, think about a problem you know. 10 ÷ 2 = 5. 0
You wouldn’t say 10 | 2. To work it out you’d say 2 |10 (2 goes
 Decimals
Lesson #3– Division
Problem Steps 1 & 2 Step 3 Step 4
. 27.
8.91 ÷ 0.33  0.33 |8.91  33 |891.  33 |891.  33 |891.
Move the decimal 2 places to the right
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Problem Steps 1 & 2 Step 3

Step 4
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8.91 ÷ 0.0033 0.0033 |8.91  33 |89100.  33 |89100.  33 |89100.
Move the decimal 2 places to the right
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Fill in the empty spaces with zeroes 231
- 231
0
 Decimals
Lesson #3– Division
Try it yourself

3.2 ÷ 64 = 60.8 ÷ 19 = 187.53 ÷ 3 =

3.2 ÷ 6.4 = 60.8 ÷ 0.19 = 187.53 ÷ 0.03 =

32 ÷ 6.4 = 0.608 ÷ 0.19 = 18753 ÷ 0.3 =

32 ÷ 0.00064 = 608 ÷ 1.9 = 0.0018753 ÷ 0.3 =

Click for answers:

3.2 ÷ 64 = 0.05 60.8 ÷ 19 = 3.2 187.53 ÷ 3 = 62.51
3.2 ÷ 6.4 = 0.5 60.8 ÷ 0.19 = 320 187.53 ÷ 0.03 = 6251
32 ÷ 6.4 = 5 0.608 ÷ 0.19 = 3.2 18753 ÷ 0.3 = 62510
End of Lesson 4 32 ÷ 0.00064 = 50000 608 ÷ 1.9 = 320 0.0018753 ÷ 0.3 = 0.006251
Decimals
Lesson #3– Division
 187.53 ÷ 3 =
Decimals
Lesson #3– Division
 187.53 ÷ 0.03 =
Decimals
Lesson #3– Division
 18753 ÷ 0.3 =
Decimals
Lesson #3– Division
 0.0018753 ÷ 0.3 =
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