Find the following values without a calculator.
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4)
- 5 tenths = _____
- 79 hundredths = _____
- 818 thousandths = _____
- 7 hundredths and 40 thousandths = _____
(a)
5 tenths
= 5 x 0.1
= 0.5
(b)
79 hundredths
= 79 x 0.01
= 0.79
(c)
818 thousandths
= 818 x 0.001
= 0.818
(d)
7 hundredths and 40 thousandths
= 7 x 0.01 + 40 x 0.001
= 0.07 + 0.04
= 0.11
Answer(s): 0.5, 0.79, 0.818, 0.11