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Complete Lesson 32, Decimal place value. SYW.
Quiz tomorrow over the Decimal Chart.

Skills important for working with decimals:
Decimals are another way of writing a fraction = part of a whole.
You read "." as and.
Place value to the right of the decimal; tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ...
Rounding decimals.
Read and write decimals.
When adding and subtracting decimals; line up the decimals and bring the decimal straight down into your answer.
When multiplying decimals; count the number of places behind the decimal in both numbers and move the decimal left in the answer.
When dividing decimals by whole numbers; move the decimal straight up into the quotient.
When dividing decimals by decimals; sweep the outside decimal to the right - sweep the inside decimal the same number of places, then move the decimal straight up into the quotient.

Two good web sites for practice:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/decimals/

http://www.aaamath.com/B/dec.htm

Posted by Mrs. Beals