Understanding Decimals: Tenths and Hundredths

The video tutorial explains how to express the decimal number 0.17 in various ways, focusing on tenths and hundredths. It demonstrates converting verbal descriptions of numbers into decimal form, using examples like 'four tens and three hundredths' and '24 hundredths'. The tutorial emphasizes understanding place values and the relationship between tenths and hundredths, providing a clear method for counting and converting between these units.

How can the number 0.17 be expressed using tenths and hundredths?

• One tenth and seven hundredths

• Seventeen tenths

• Zero tenths and seventeen hundredths

• Seven tenths and one hundredth

What is another way to express 0.17 entirely in terms of hundredths?

• 17 tenths

• 1.7 hundredths

• 17 hundredths

• 0.17 tenths

If you have 10 hundredths, what is it equivalent to in tenths?

• One tenth

• One hundredth

• Ten tenths

• Zero tenths

How would you write 'four tens and three hundredths' as a decimal?

• 4.03

• 40.03

• 403

• 40.3

If you have 40 and three hundredths, what is the decimal form?

• 40.03

• 4.003

• 400.3

• 0.403

What is the decimal representation of 'three hundredths'?

• 0.003

• 0.03

• 0.3

• 3.0

What is the decimal representation of '24 hundredths'?

• 0.024

• 0.24

• 2.4

• 24.0

How can 'two tenths and four hundredths' be expressed as a decimal?

• 24.0

• 0.204

• 0.24

• 2.04

What is the equivalent of two tenths in terms of hundredths?

• 20 hundredths

• 0.2 hundredths

• 2 hundredths

• 200 hundredths

How would you express 'zero point two four' in terms of tenths and hundredths?

• Two tenths and four hundredths

• Zero tenths and twenty-four hundredths

• Twenty-four tenths

• Four tenths and two hundredths