Find the following values without a calculator.
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4)
- 5 tenths = _____
- 14 hundredths = _____
- 532 thousandths = _____
- 3 hundredths and 42 thousandths = _____
(a)
5 tenths
= 5 x 0.1
= 0.5
(b)
14 hundredths
= 14 x 0.01
= 0.14
(c)
532 thousandths
= 532 x 0.001
= 0.532
(d)
3 hundredths and 42 thousandths
= 3 x 0.01 + 42 x 0.001
= 0.03 + 0.042
= 0.072
Answer(s): 0.5, 0.14, 0.532, 0.072