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5th grade
Course: 5th grade > Unit 1
Lesson 1: Decimal place value introDecimal place value review
Review decimal place value, and try some practice problems.
Place value chart
The number 87, point, 654 can be placed on a place value chart as follows:
Tens | Ones | . | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 7 | point | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Decimal place value
The first digit after the decimal represents the tenths place. The next digit after the decimal represents the hundredths place. The remaining digits continue to fill in the place values until there are no digits left.
Example: 0, point, 81
The number 0, point, start color #11accd, 8, end color #11accd, start color #1fab54, 1, end color #1fab54 is made up of start color #11accd, 8, end color #11accd tenths and start color #1fab54, 1, end color #1fab54 hundredth.
We can also write this as:
or
Or we can use a place value chart:
Ones | . | Tenths | Hundredths |
---|---|---|---|
0 | point | start color #11accd, 8, end color #11accd | start color #1fab54, 1, end color #1fab54 |
Want to learn more about decimal place value? Check out this video.
Want to review whole number place value? Check out this article.
Practice
Want to try more problems like this? Check out these exercises:
Decimal place value names
Value of a decimal digit
Decimal place value names
Value of a decimal digit
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- who created decimals?(164 votes)
- Decimals were created by the Chinese at the end of 4th century BCE(16 votes)
- how do you get this down so fast i cant understand a bit!(45 votes)
- Keep trying and you will get it down...like they always say ¨Practice makes perfect:)¨(86 votes)
- can you get points for doing good work
:\(52 votes)- Do you mean Khan Academy's energy points? If so, yes! You'll get energy points for doing practice problems and watching videos. :)(50 votes)
- These seem really easy... am I missing something? If not, I look forward to the unit test! Can you make these a bit harder?(35 votes)
- I say don't push your luck. unit tests can get harder and if you do decimals with heart or, as a matter of fact, you do anything with heart it becomes easy.(36 votes)
- when was decimals first used in history?🤔(15 votes)
- 4th Century BC
The first decimal system was introduced in the 4th Century BC by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, to whom the invention of writing is credited. They based their numerical system on powers of 60 subdivided into multiples of 10.(31 votes)
- ngl who else looks in the comments when their bored?💀(24 votes)
- can i have harder work please(16 votes)
- Well, it does depend on the work they give, we cant controll it so sadly, we dont know. Sorry!(1 vote)
- like and subscribe for 10000 years of good luck(17 votes)
- This does not make one bit of sense because THERE NO VIDEO ON HOW TO WRITE IT SO I GOT TWO WRONG(19 votes)
- i put in 6 tenths but it says WRONG(9 votes)