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Decimal Place Value

From Math Antics

Decimal Place Value
12 min4th5thMath
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Summary

Math Antics extends place value to the right of the decimal point -- tenths, hundredths and thousandths. A clear, animated 12-minute lesson you can drop straight into a grades 4-5 math block -- pause-friendly, with worked examples on screen.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A few questions to talk through after watching “Decimal Place Value.”

  1. What is the first place to the right of the decimal point?
  2. How is each decimal place related to the one beside it?
  3. How do you read a decimal like 0.45 out loud?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: decimal, decimal point, tenths, hundredths, place value.

Try it: Write a decimal to the thousandths and name each digit's value.

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