Find the following values without a calculator.
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4)
- 5 tenths = _____
- 38 hundredths = _____
- 246 thousandths = _____
- 3 hundredths and 62 thousandths = _____
(a)
5 tenths
= 5 x 0.1
= 0.5
(b)
38 hundredths
= 38 x 0.01
= 0.38
(c)
246 thousandths
= 246 x 0.001
= 0.246
(d)
3 hundredths and 62 thousandths
= 3 x 0.01 + 62 x 0.001
= 0.03 + 0.062
= 0.092
Answer(s): 0.5, 0.38, 0.246, 0.092