Decimal Vocabulary Words

A number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point.

• Decimal Point

• Whole Number

• Fraction

• Decimal

The value of a digit based on its position within a number.

• Whole Number

• Place Value

• Greater Than

• Less Than

The second place value after a decimal point. Example: .38 = 38/100.

• Place Value

• Hundredths

• Tenths

• Thousandths

Making a number simpler but keeping its value close to what it was.

• Decimal

• Greater Than

• Rounding

• Decimal Point

Used to compare two numbers when the first number is smaller than the second number. The sign looks like this: <.

• Greater Than

• Equal To

• Place Value

• Less Than

A number without fractions or decimals.

• Decimal

• Less Than

• Whole Number

• Decimal Point

A dot placed after the whole number that represents the part that is less than one.

• Decimal

• Decimal Point

• Periodttt

• Whole Number

The first place value after a decimal point. Example: .3 = 3/10.

• Tenths

• Hundredths

• Thousandths

• Decimal Point

The third place value after the decimal point. Example: .276 = 276/1000

• Tenths

• Hundredths

• Thousandths

• Decimal Point

Used to compare two numbers when the first number is larger than the second number. The sign looks like this: > .

• Less Than

• Equal To

• Greater Than

• Decimal Point