Written and Spoken
You always do this with decimals when adding and subtracting
What is line up the decimal?
A rectangular table is 1.7 meters long and 0.8 meters wide. This is the area of the table.
What is 1.36 meters squared?
I add this when a place value is missing on the end of a decimal number or even in front of a whole number.
What is a zero?
The number gets larger
What are removing the decimal, multiplying like normal, and placing the decimal back in the number.
This is the number that needs to be a whole number when dividing with decimals
What is the Divisor?
Decimal places move to the left the more decimals places I have when multiplying. This moves the decimal to the right making the number larger.
What is multiplying by ten?