Topic 5 Key Terms - Decimals to the Thousandths

Fill in the blank: The symbol > means ________.

• greater than

• less than

• equal to

• not equal to

Fill in the blank: ________ is a way to write numbers by showing the value of each digit by it's place value, often using parentheses.

EX. (5 x 100) + (6 x 10) + (7 x 1)

• expanded notation

• scientific notation

• standard form

• word form

The third place after the decimal point is the _______ place.

• thousandths

• hundredths

• tenths

• millionths

A commonly used number, such as a multiple of 10, 25, or 100, used to reason about comparisons is a __________________.

• benchmark number

• variable

• estimate

• ratio

The second place after the decimal point is the _______ place.

• hundredths

• tenths

• thousandths

• ones

Fill in the blank: ________ is the process of finding the nearest value to a given number.

• rounding

• multiplying

• dividing

• subtracting

Fill in the blank: The symbol < means ________.

• less than

• greater than

• equal to

• not equal to

A way to write a number as a sum of its parts, showing the value of each digit _______.

EX. 1000 + 500 + 60 + 7

• expanded form

• standard form

• word form

• scientific notation

Fill in the blank: A ________ is a diagram that shows numbers as points on a line.

• number line

• bar graph

• pie chart

• scatter plot

Fill in the blank: ________ are the parts of a whole divided into 100 equal pieces.

• hundredths

• tenths

• quarters

• thirds