Understanding Place Value (with decimals)

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What is place value?

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Place value is the value of a digit based on its position in a number. For example, in the number 345, the digit 3 is in the hundreds place, so it represents 300.

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What does the digit 0 represent in a decimal number?

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In a decimal number, the digit 0 represents the absence of a value in that place. For example, in 0.05, the 0 indicates there are no tenths.

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What is the word form of the number 0.5?

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zero point five or five tenths.

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What does the 2 in the decimal 0.42 represent?

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two tenths.

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What is the number 3.76 in word form?

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three and seventy-six hundredths.

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What is the expanded form of the number 5.2?

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(5 x 1) + (2 x 0.1).

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In the decimal 0.003, what place does the digit 3 occupy?

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Thousandths.

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What is the value of the digit 7 in the number 7.89?

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seven units or seven ones.

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How do you write four and twenty-five hundredths in number form?

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4.25.

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What is the value of the digit 9 in the decimal 0.09?

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nine hundredths.