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Example 5.2 from Prealgebra, 5.1 Decimals
Write fourteen and thirty-seven hundredths as a decimal.
Work it out on paper first. Then open the solution one step at a time, and stop as soon as you can finish on your own.
| fourteen and thirty-seven hundredths | |
| Place a decimal point under the word ‘and’. | ______. _________ |
| Translate the words before ‘and’ into the whole number and place it to the left of the decimal point. | 14. _________ |
| Mark two places to the right of the decimal point for “hundredths”. | 14.__ __ |
| Translate the words after “and” and write the number to the right of the decimal point. | 14.37 |
| Fourteen and thirty-seven hundredths is written 14.37. |
The book's Try It right after this example: same idea, new numbers. Only the answer is given.
Write as a decimal: thirteen and sixty-eight hundredths.
How did it go?