Decimals to Fractions Using Tenths

The place value right after the decimal is called the __________.

• tens

• tenths

• thousands

• hundrenths

A number that has a digit in the tenths place, hundredths place, and/or beyond. Example: 14.456

• decimal

• word form

• expanded form

• period

One out of ten equal parts of a whole. The first place to the right of the decimal. Example: 12.4

• tenth

• hundredth

• decimal

• thousandth

Which pair are equal?

• 2/10 and 210

• .09 and 9/100

• 1 and .1

Tenths

• 1/1000 of 1 or $0.001 of $1 (not even a penny)

• 1/100 of 1 of $0.01 of a $1.

• 1/10 of 1 or $0.10 of a $1.

• The counting numbers and zero

Write the amount shown on the model as tenths in fraction form.

• 50/10 or. 5.0

• 10/5 or 2.0

• 4/10 or 0.4

• 5/10 or. 0.5

Convert the decimal 0.05 to a fraction.

One part in ten equal parts.

• Decimal

• Tenths

• Hundredths

• Thousandths

Convert the decimal 0.4 to a fraction.

• All of the above

How would you write the decimal for the shaded part of the picture?

• 4.0

• 0.4

• 0.6