Decimals Vocab

Front

decimals

Back

a number that has part of a whole

Front

decimal point

Back

the point separating the whole number and decimal

Front

tenth

Back

when a whole number is split into 10 pieces, first place value after the decimal point

._

Front

hundredth

Back

when a whole number is split into 100 pieces, second place value after the decimal point

.__

Front

thousandth

Back

when a whole number is split into 1000 pieces, first place value after the decimal point

.___

Front

compare

Back

to show how one number relates to another

Front

greater than

Back

>

Front

less than

Back

<

Front

equal to

Back

=