Fraction & Decimals
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A decimal is a number that uses place value and a decimal point to show amounts that are less than one, such as tenths.

Fraction

Decimal

Word Name

4
10

0.4

 four tenths
 7
10

0.7

seven tenths

 

 9

10

0.9

 nine tenths

Decimals can also be compared to amounts of money.

For example:  three dimes = three tenths of a dollar 
one dollar and two dimes = one and three tenths

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  0 .3 or $.30

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1.2 or $1.20

Decimals can be written with a whole number.

Fraction

Decimal

Word Name

1 4
10

1.4

one and

four tenths

2 8
10

2.8      

two and
eight tenths

Decimals can also be written to the hundredths place.

Fraction Decimal Word Name

70
100

0.70

  seventy hundredths

     
1  55
100
1.55

one and 
fifty-five
hundredths

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