Unit 3: Decimals by Miss Hansen https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg Vocabulary word wall en-us 2016-02-21 19:49:11 UTC 2017-11-01 19:29:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Decimal chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292625 A decimal is a fraction written in a special form. Instead of writing 1/2, for example, you can express the fraction as the decimal 0.5, where the zero is in the ones place and the five is in the tenths place. ]]> 2016-02-21 19:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292625 Place Value chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292630 The value of where the digit is in the number. ]]> 2016-02-21 19:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292630 Standard Form chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292632 A way to write numbers using the digits 0-9.

For example: 

273.468]]> 2016-02-21 19:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292632 Word Form chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292636 Writing the number as you would say it in words.

For example:
273.468 = two hundred seventy-three AND four hundred sixty-eight thousandths]]> 2016-02-21 19:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292636 Expanded Form chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292640 Writing a number to show the value of each digit.

For example: 
273.468 = 200 + 70 + 3 + 0.4 + 
                   0.06 + 0.008]]> 2016-02-21 19:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292640 Order (Least to Greatest) chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292647 If you want ascending order you always pick the smallest first.

For example: 
0.8, 1.506, 1.56]]> 2016-02-21 19:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292647 Order (Greatest to Least) chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292656 If you want descending 
order you always pick the largest first.

For example:
1.2, 0.85, 0.42, 0.402, 0.375]]> 2016-02-21 19:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292656 Rounding Decimals chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292664
  • Decide which is the last digit to keep 
  • Leave it the same if the next digit is less than 5 (this is called rounding down)
  • But increase it by 1 if the next digit is 5 or more (this is called rounding up)

    Here's a trick:
    "5-9 climb the vine,
    1-4 hit the floor."
    • ]]>     2016-02-21 19:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292664     Multiplying Decimals chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292676
  • Multiply as usual.
  • Count how many total digits are on the right side of the decimal points in the number you are multiplying.
  • Place the decimal point in your answer so there are this many digits to the right.
    • ]]>     2016-02-21 19:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292676     Dividing Decimals chansen6 https://padlet.com/chansen6/taezakt0e7gg/wish/96292680
  • Divide as usual. 
  • Put decimal point directly above decimal point in the dividend.
  • Check your answer.
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