Elementary Test Prep Math 4 (Grade 4) Decimals are part of a whole

A decimal is part of a whole.

A decimal is a number that uses place value and a decimal point to show amounts that are less than one.

Decimals can be written to the hundredths place.


Reads: three hundredths
Fraction: 3/100
Decimal: 0.03

	decimal point
You can use a hundreds grid to help demonstrate a decimal to the hundredths place. By shading in 3 boxes it is equivalent to 0.3 or 3 hundredths.

Example

Use the hundredths grid to help you write the decimal.

There are 55 boxes shaded.
By shading in 55 boxes it is equivalent to 0.55 or 55 hundredths.

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