Decimals: example 5.3

Write twenty-four thousandths 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.

Your turn

The book's Try It right after this example: same idea, new numbers. Only the answer is given.

Write as a decimal: fifty-eight thousandths.

How did it go?

	twenty-four thousandths
Look for the word "and".	There is no "and" so start with 0 0.
To the right of the decimal point, put three decimal places for thousandths.
Write the number 24 with the 4 in the thousandths place.
Put zeros as placeholders in the remaining decimal places.	0.024
	So, twenty-four thousandths is written 0.024

	twenty-four thousandths
Look for the word "and".	There is no "and" so start with 0 0.
To the right of the decimal point, put three decimal places for thousandths.
Write the number 24 with the 4 in the thousandths place.
Put zeros as placeholders in the remaining decimal places.	0.024
	So, twenty-four thousandths is written 0.024