Decimal Skills: Study Guide Page 2
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4Pictures That Represent Decimal Amounts
We commonly use squares to represent amounts when studying decimals, but anything divided
equally into 10, 100, 1000, etc., equal parts could be used.
We name decimals as tenths when the whole is divided into 10 equal parts.
The square is one whole. It is divided into 10 equal parts.
3 out of 10 are shaded
4 out of 10 are shaded
8 out of 10 are shaded
three tenths are shaded
four tenths are shaded
eight tenths are shaded
0.3
0.4
0.8
These decimal amounts are in order from least to greatest.
We name decimals as hundredths when the whole is divided into 100 equal parts.
The square is one whole. It is divided into 100 equal parts.
37 out of 100 are shaded
65 out of 100 are shaded
82 out of 100 are shaded
thirty-seven hundredths are
sixty-five hundredths are shaded
eighty-two hundredths are shaded
shaded
0.82
0.65
0.37
These decimal amounts are in order from least to greatest.
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