Grade 5 · Math · Lesson 14

Decimals to Thousandths (Place Value)

Decimals let us write numbers smaller than 1 using place values to the right of the decimal point. The first three places after the point are tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. Each place is one tenth the size of the place before it.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify the tenths, hundredths, and thousandths places in a decimal number
2Read decimal numbers to thousandths in standard, word, and expanded form
3Determine the value of a digit located after the decimal point
4Translate between word form and standard form for decimals to thousandths

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