PLACE VALUE POWER
It becomes ten times smaller.
What is the exact midpoint value between 5.6 and 5.7 on a vertical number line.
5.65
Identify the two whole numbers that the fraction 14/3 lives between.
Between 4 & 5.
(14/3 = 4 2/3)
Write this value out in standard decimal form: 40 + 2 + 7/100.
42.07
Sketch a vertical number line to show why 0.384 rounds to 0.38 when rounding to the nearest hundredths.
0.39
||
0.385
|| <--0.384
0.38
Draw a segment from 0 to 1, partition it into fifths and plot 0.6.
|---|---|---|---|---|
0 0.6 1.0
Create a decimal number where the digit in the hundredths place is worth more than 0.05, and the tenths place is exactly 0.2.
Answer could be: _.26, _.27, _.28, or _.29
Round 3.97 to the nearest tenths place. Explain what happens to the ones place value?
It rounds to 4.0. The 9 "spills over" into the ones place.
Which number value sits physically closer to 1.5 on a line: 1.25 of 1.6?
1.6
(It is only 0.1 away, while 1.25 is 0.25 away.)