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MEAP Preparation - Grade 6 Mathematics
2.34 Decimal Vocabulary

  1. The places to the right of a decimal point are called decimal places.
  2. The decimal places starting from the left are read as tenths, hundreths, thousandths and so on.
  3. The decimal 20.56 is read as twenty point five six. (Note: It is not read as twenty point fifty six.)
Example: What is the value of 4 in 20.43?
4 is in the tenths place
Answer: 4 tenths

Directions: Answer the following questions. Also write atleast 10 examples of your own for decimal place value.
Q 1: Number lines are a good model for ordering decimals. Choose the correct statement about number lines.
The least number is always to the right.
The largest number is always to the right.
The order of numbers does not matter.
The biggest number always comes first.

 Q 2: The word 'percent' means _______.
100 cents
one dollar each
every cent counts
out of each hundred; per hundred

Q 3: The value of 8 in the decimal number 0.08 is ____.
eight hundred
eight thousandths
one eighth
eight hundredths

 Q 4: What is this number? It has a 3 in the tenths place, a 4 in the ones place, a 2 in the hundredths place and a 9 in the thousandths place.
4.329
4.923
3.429
4.239

Q 5: How do you read the decimal 0.5672?
point five six seven two
point five thousand six hundred and seventy two
zero point 5 thousand 6 hundred and 72

 Q 6: The places to the right of the decimal point are called _____.
positive numbers
negative numbers
decimal places
insignificant numbers

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