Objectives
At the end of this lesson, students should:
Decimals are numbers that have a decimal point between two sets of figures.
More examples of decimals include 8.7, 16.2, 24.57, 132.7, 356.18, and 749.248.
We can read and write decimals as follows:
Example 1
6.5 can be read as six point five.
4.29 can be read as four point two nine.
Example 2
10.7 can be read as ten point seven.
15.02 can be read as fifteen point zero two.
32.146 can be read as thirty-two point one four six.
Example 3
127.3 can be read as one hundred and twenty seven point three.
456.08 can be read as four hundred and fifty six point zero eight.