Place Value Intro 5th Grade

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What is place value?

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Place value is the value of a digit based on its position in a number. For example, in the number 345, the digit 3 is in the hundreds place, so its value is 300.

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What is the standard form of a number?

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Standard form is the way of writing numbers using digits. For example, the number seven hundred seventy-one and four hundred sixty-two thousandths is written as 771.462.

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How do you write a number in expanded form?

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Expanded form breaks a number down into the sum of its parts based on place value. For example, 345 can be written as 300 + 40 + 5.

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What is the expanded form of 24.324?

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The expanded form of 24.324 is 20 + 4 + 0.3 + 0.02 + 0.004.

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How do you compare two decimal numbers?

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To compare two decimal numbers, align the decimal points and compare each digit from left to right.

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What does the symbol '<' mean?

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The symbol '<' means 'less than'. For example, 3 < 5 means 3 is less than 5.

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What does the symbol '>' mean?

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The symbol '>' means 'greater than'. For example, 7 > 4 means 7 is greater than 4.

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What does the symbol '=' mean?

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The symbol '=' means 'equal to'. For example, 2 + 2 = 4 means 2 plus 2 equals 4.

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How do you convert expanded form to standard form?

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To convert expanded form to standard form, add all the values together. For example, (8x100) + (5x10) + (2x1) + (7x0.1) + (3x0.01) + (9x0.001) = 852.739.

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What is a decimal?

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A decimal is a number that includes a decimal point, which separates the whole number part from the fractional part. For example, 0.75 is a decimal.