Understanding Decimals

Which number is in the thousandths place?

• 1

• 0

• 8

• 7

What does the 5 in the decimal 0.257 represent?

• fifths

• five tenths

• fiftieths

• five hundredths

What is four and thirty-nine hundredths in number form?

• 439

• 43.9

• 4 and 390

• 4.39

What is the word form of the number 0.9?

• nine tens

• nine tenths

• zero point nine

• nine oneths

Compare the two numbers
0.3       0.3000

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Compare the numbers
0.632   0.609

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Compare the numbers
63.958        62.12

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Which of the decimals is equivalent to the value represented by the hundreds grid?

• 0.37

• 0.38

• 0.83

• 0.86

Which decimal has the GREATEST value:
0.612,   0.67,   0.6,  0.069

• 0.612

• 0.67

• 0.6

• 0.069

Which decimal is not equivalent to the others? 

• 3.250

• 3.205

• 3.25

• 3.2500