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Decimals: Place Values

The document discusses place values of decimals and how to round decimals to different places. It provides examples of rounding decimals to the nearest whole number, tenth, hundredth, thousandth, and ten-thousandth. It also includes exercises for students to practice rounding decimals to specified places.

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Decimals: Place Values

The document discusses place values of decimals and how to round decimals to different places. It provides examples of rounding decimals to the nearest whole number, tenth, hundredth, thousandth, and ten-thousandth. It also includes exercises for students to practice rounding decimals to specified places.

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DECIMALS

PLACE VALUES
The diagram below shows place values.

Place Value Chart

3 is in the hundred thousands place.


8 is in the hundredths place.
7 is in the millionths place.

Exercises:

1) Write the place value of digit 8.

a) 14.008
b) 0.08923
c) 32.00089
d) 1,008.20001
e) 24,845.6007
f) 12.809

2) Write in words. 3) Write in numbers.

0.038 Two hundred four thousand

.002135 Two hundred four thousandths

14.0029 Two hundred and four thousandths

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ROUNDING DECIMALS

Sometimes decimals have many digits. They are hard to use. So, we round them.

Example: Round five and thirty-nine hundredths to the nearest tenth. “≈” means
“approximately
equals”
5.39 ≈ 5.4
We say: Five and thirty-nine hundredths approximately equals five and four
tenths, to the nearest tenth.

How to round decimals?

Round 8.172 to the nearest


Round 8.132 to the nearest
tenth tenth
1. 8.172 look at the
1. 8.132 look at the
hundredths place
hundredths place
2. 8.172 7 ³ 5, add one to the 2. 8.132 3 < 5, erase it and
tenths digit the rest of it
3. 8.2 erase all the digits at 3. 8.1
the end

Round 4.26589 to the nearest


hundredth

1. 4.26589 look at the


thousandths place
2. 4.26589 5 ³ 5, add one to the
hundredths digit
3. 4.27 erase all the digits at
the end

To round to the nearest whole number (units): look at the tenths place.
To round to the nearest tenth: look at the hundredths place.
To round to the nearest hundredth: look at the thousandths place.
To round to the nearest thousandth: look at the ten-thousandths place.
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Example: Round 9.78425 to the nearest a) whole number
b) tenth
c) hundredth
d) thousandth
e) ten-thousandth

a) 9.78425 to the nearest whole number is 10


b) 9.78425 to the nearest tenth is 9.8
c) 9.78425 to the nearest hundredth is 9.78
d) 9.78425 to the nearest thousandth is 9.784
e) 9.78425 to the nearest ten-thousandth is 9.7843

Exercises:

1) Round 13.4962 to the nearest

a) whole number
b) tenth
c) hundredth
d) thousandth

2) Find all the possible values for n.

Example: 7.3n ≈ 7.4


Solution: n is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9

a) 2.9n ≈ 2.9 b) 81.653n1≈ 81.653 c) 26.999n ≈ 27.000

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HOMEWORK:

Round each number to the correct place.

units tenths hundredths thousandths

a) 6.3845 6 6.4 6.38 6.385

b) 1.3486 1.35

c) 0.8299 0.8

d) 11.9999 12

e) 23.08582 23.086

f) 13.3211 13.32

g) 15.4937 15.5

h) 0.999999 1

i) 0.646464 0.646

j) 9.865621 9.87

k) 11.09938 11.1

l) 0.7199 1

m) 25.0038 25.004

n) 12.09947 12.10

o) 1.2385 1.2

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Continue rounding!

Round each decimal to the place indicated

1) 0.61263; ten-thousandths 11) 2.623955; hundred-thousandths

2) 1.415; tenths 12) 4.9123; hundredths

3) 4.682269; thousandths 13) 78.581946; ten-thousandths

4) 5.563976; ten-thousandths 14) 9.9950187; hundred-thousandths

5) 8.218915; ten-thousandths 15) 9.79121; hundredths

6) 3.2342; hundredths 16) 9.4137368; hundred-thousandths

7) 7.59617; ten-thousandths 17) 722.9; ones

8) 7.8183; tenths 18) 37.790; hundredths

9) 1.72980; ten-thousandths 19) 4.51967; thousandths

10) 0.2391; tenths 20) 819.172; tens

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