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Decimals in written form review

Review writing decimals in written form, and try some practice problems.

Written form

Written form is a way to write numbers using only words.

Example

Let's write start color #11accd, 3, end color #11accd, point, start color #7854ab, 4, end color #7854ab, 0, start color #ca337c, 5, end color #ca337c in written form.
Ones.TenthsHundredthsThousandths
start color #11accd, 3, end color #11accd.start color #7854ab, 4, end color #7854ab0start color #ca337c, 5, end color #ca337c
3, point, 405, equals, start color #11accd, 3, end color #11accd, start text, space, o, n, e, s, end text, plus, start color #7854ab, 4, end color #7854ab, 0, start color #ca337c, 5, end color #ca337c, start text, space, t, h, o, u, s, a, n, d, t, h, s, end text
First, we will read the number to the left of the decimal.
start color #11accd, start text, T, h, r, e, e, end text, end color #11accd
Then, we read the decimal as "start text, start color #e07d10, a, n, d, end color #e07d10, end text".
start color #11accd, start text, T, h, r, e, e, end text, end color #11accd, start color #e07d10, start text, space, a, n, d, end text, end color #e07d10
Finally, we read the numbers to the right of the decimal and state the place value of the digit farthest to the right.
start color #11accd, start text, T, h, r, e, e, end text, end color #11accd, start color #e07d10, start text, space, a, n, d, end text, end color #e07d10 start text, space, start color #7854ab, f, o, u, r, end color #7854ab, space, h, u, n, d, r, e, d, space, start color #ca337c, f, i, v, e, end color #ca337c, space, t, h, o, u, s, a, n, d, t, h, s, end text
3, point, 405 in written form is three and four hundred five thousandths.
Want to learn more about written form? Check out this video.

Practice

Problem 1
  • Current
Write the following number in decimal notation.
Nine and three hundred twenty-one thousandths
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4

Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise.

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