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Decimal Place This slide show is intended to reinforce place value and decimals. It is intended to be used in class with a data projector. Liz Philip. Decimal. means. 10. A point means smaller than 1. 0.1. Multiply means to get. bigger. So.
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Decimal Place This slide show is intended to reinforce place value and decimals. It is intended to be used in class with a data projector. Liz Philip
Decimal means 10
Multiply means to get bigger
So To multiply by 10 the number gets 10 times bigger 6 x 10 = 60
But the point NEVER moves
Divide means to get smaller
So To divide by 10 the number gets 10 times smaller 60 10 = 6
But the point NEVER moves
th h t u . 0 ten 1 0 .
th h t u . 0 two tenths 0 . 2
th h t u . 0 Ten point two Ten whole Two tenths 1 0 . 2
th h t u . 0 Three hundred 3 0 0 .
th h t u . 0 Three thousand 3 0 0 0 .
th h t u . 0 Three hundredths 0 . 0 3
Multiply means to get bigger
th h t 6 u 0 . . 6 . 0 0 6 x 10 =
th h t 6 u 2 . . 6 . 2 0 6.2 x 10 =
th 6 h 2 t 0 u . . 6 2 . 0 0 62 x 10 =
But the point NEVER moves
Divide means to get smaller
th h t u . 3 7 . 0 3 7 0 . 0 370 10 =
th h 3 t 7 u . . 3 . 7 0 37 10 =
th h t u . 3 0 . . 7 3 7 0 3.7 10 =
But the point NEVER moves