Find the following values without a calculator.
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4)
- 2 tenths = _____
- 24 hundredths = _____
- 421 thousandths = _____
- 9 hundredths and 48 thousandths = _____
(a)
2 tenths
= 2 x 0.1
= 0.2
(b)
24 hundredths
= 24 x 0.01
= 0.24
(c)
421 thousandths
= 421 x 0.001
= 0.421
(d)
9 hundredths and 48 thousandths
= 9 x 0.01 + 48 x 0.001
= 0.09 + 0.048
= 0.138
Answer(s): 0.2, 0.24, 0.421, 0.138