Understanding decimals expressed in words

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🔢✨ What are Decimals?

• Decimals show numbers that are part of a whole.
• They use a decimal point ( . ) to separate whole numbers and fractional parts.
  Example: 3.5, 7.25

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🗣️📘 Reading Decimals in Words

• Read the whole number first, then say “point”, and read each digit after the decimal one by one.
  Example:
  4.36 → four point three six

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🧮💡 Place Value after the Decimal

Place Value	Example	How to Read
Tenths	0.4	four tenths
Hundredths	0.07	seven hundredths
Thousandths	0.125	one hundred twenty-five thousandths

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🏆📍 Decimal in Words → Number

• “Six tenths” = 0.6
• “Sixty-five hundredths” = 0.65
• “Three thousandths” = 0.003

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✍️🔄 Number → Words

• 2.4 → two and four tenths
• 9.18 → nine and eighteen hundredths
• 0.05 → five hundredths

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🤔🧠 Important Rules

✅ Don’t add “and” between decimal digits — use “and” only to show the decimal point.
✅ Read digits separately after the decimal when not using place value terms.
Example: 8.09 = eight point zero nine
✅ Convert to place value words for clarity:
eight and nine hundredths

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🍎📍 Why Are Decimals Important?

• Used in money 💰, measurement 📏, weight ⚖️, temperature 🌡️, and daily life.

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🎯🧩 Practice Examples

Decimal	In Words
5.2	five and two tenths
0.75	seventy-five hundredths
12.305	twelve and three hundred five thousandths

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