Decimals Vocabulary

a number expressed in the scale of tens

• equivalent fractions

• decimal

• remainder

• estimate

point or dot used to separate the whole part of a number from the fractional part of a number

• divisor

• dividend

• decimal point

• exponent

What place value is the 5 in?

• ones

• tens

• tenths

• hundredths

The place 1/10 the value of the hundredths place.

• thousandths

• thousands

• tenths

• hundreds

The place 1/10 the value of the ones place.

• tens

• hundreds

• tenths

• hundredths

The place ten times the value of the hundredths place

• thousandths

• ones

• thousands

• tenths

First place to the right of the decimal point

• ones

• hundredths

• tenths

• thousandths

The place 1/10 the value of the tenths place.

• tens

• hundreds

• tenths

• hundredths

Second place to the right of the decimal point

• ones

• hundredths

• tenths

• thousandths

The place 1/10 the value of the tens place

• ones

• hundreds

• tenths

• hundredths