DECIMALS – FIND THE MISTAKES!
Explain why the following are incorrect:
True or false: Why?
1.368 = 1 + 3 tenths + 6 hundredths + 6 thousandths
I had three 20 cent coins. So I had 0.06 dollars.
3.241 = 3 + 2 tenths + 4 tenths + 1 tenth
0.720 = 7 hundredths + 2 thousandths
I had one dollar and one 5 cent coins. I had $1.5
Are these numbers in order? If not, write in the correct order:
0.457
0.475
0.447
0.435
_________ _________ __________ __________
Explain why the following statements are false about the
numbers:
0.411
0.4001
0.401
0.5
0.4001 is the biggest number.
3.5
3.05
3.005 3.50
_________ _________ __________ __________
8.058 8.807
0.5 is the smallest number.
0.411 has 1 tenth and 0.401 has no tenths.
8.79 8.9
_________ _________ __________ __________
True or false? If false, what should it be?
The number 0.1 is the same as 1/100
The number 0.5 is the same as ½
Write any three decimals that might be found between
The number 0.001 is the same as 0.001/1000
6.809 ________ _________ _________ 6.9
Towards the left in a decimal, the value of numbers decrease.