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Decimal Place Value Song

From NUMBEROCK

Decimal Place Value Song
3 min5thMath
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Summary

“Decimal Place Value Song” is a NUMBEROCK animated math music video about decimal place value to the tenths and hundredths. Catchy and quick to drop into a math warm-up, mini-lesson, or review center.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Decimals are another way to write fractions of a whole, using place value to the right of the decimal point -- tenths, hundredths, and thousandths.

  1. What place values are to the right of the decimal point?
  2. How is the decimal in this song read or compared?
  3. Where do you see decimals every day (money, measurements)?

Quick work-a-long

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

Try it: Write a decimal from the song, say it in words, and show it with money or a grid.