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Decimals<br />
Reading Decimals<br />
• The dot in the decimal is called the decimal point.<br />
• It is written to the right of the ones place.<br />
• The first place to the right after the decimal point is the tenths place.<br />
• Place value continues on both sides of the decimal point.<br />
Millions<br />
Hundred thousands<br />
Ten thousands<br />
Thousands<br />
Hundreds<br />
Tens<br />
Ones<br />
.<br />
Tenths<br />
Hundredths<br />
Thousandths<br />
Ten thousandths<br />
Hundred thousandths<br />
Millionths<br />
6 5 2 1 8 . 3 4 7 9<br />
• The number written under the chart is 65,218.3479.<br />
• It is read “sixty-five thousand, two hundred eighteen and three thousand<br />
four hundred seventy-nine thousandths.”<br />
• The comma helps you read whole numbers by marking off the periods<br />
(thousands, millions, billions).<br />
• The decimal point is different. It shows you where the whole number ends<br />
and the decimal number begins.<br />
50 50<br />
<strong>Simply</strong> <strong>Math</strong> Workbook<br />
NWT Literacy Council
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