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Grade 5

5.02 Read and write decimals to thousandths

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Do you remember how to write decimals? Let's try this problem to practice.

Write the following fraction as a decimal:

$$7100​

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A thousandth can be written as the decimal $$0.001 and is the same value as the fraction $$11000​.

This video looks at converting thousandths between fraction and decimal representations.

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Vocabulary:

Another word that we can use to describe the ones place is 'units'.

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Question 1

Write the number represented by $$102 thousandths:

  1. As a fraction.

  2. As a decimal.

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This video shows us how to read and write thousandths.

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Question 2

How do we write the number $$0.008 in words?

  1. eight thousandths

    A

    zero point zero and eight

    B

    zero and eight hundredths

    C

 

Remember!

$$1 thousandth is written as $$0.001, with a $$1 in the thousandths place and $$0s in the other places.

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