Real-World Examples of Reading Decimals in Word Form (Grade 5).

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔢 Decimals are numbers that represent fractions with a denominator of 10, 100, 1000, etc.
• ✍️ To read a decimal, read the whole number part (if any), then say "and," then read the numbers after the decimal point as if they were a whole number, and finally, say the place value of the last digit.
• 📍 For example, 3.14 is read as "three and fourteen hundredths."
• 📝 Another example: 0.025 is read as "twenty-five thousandths."
• 💡 Remember that the place values after the decimal point are tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten-thousandths, and so on.

Practice Quiz

1. What is the word form of 0.6?
1. A) Six
2. B) Six tenths
3. C) Sixty
4. D) Six hundredths
2. What is the word form of 2.35?
1. A) Two and thirty-five tenths
2. B) Two and thirty-five hundredths
3. C) Two hundred and thirty-five
4. D) Two and thirty-five thousandths
3. What is the word form of 0.008?
1. A) Eight tenths
2. B) Eight hundredths
3. C) Eight
4. D) Eight thousandths
4. What is the word form of 15.04?
1. A) Fifteen and four tenths
2. B) Fifteen and four hundredths
3. C) Fifteen and forty
4. D) Fifteen and four thousandths
5. What is the word form of 0.275?
1. A) Two hundred seventy-five tenths
2. B) Two hundred seventy-five hundredths
3. C) Two hundred seventy-five thousandths
4. D) Twenty-seven and five tenths
6. What is the word form of 9.001?
1. A) Nine and one tenth
2. B) Nine and one hundredth
3. C) Nine and one thousandth
4. D) Nine and one
7. What is the word form of 42.105?
1. A) Forty-two and one hundred five tenths
2. B) Forty-two and one hundred five hundredths
3. C) Forty-two and one hundred five thousandths
4. D) Forty-two thousand one hundred five