Decimals & Operations
Subject: Math · Grade level: 4th
Read, compare, add, and subtract decimals using place value.
In this lesson
- Decimal place value
- Comparing decimals
- Adding & subtracting
Key terms
- Decimal point
- The dot that separates whole numbers from parts of a whole.
- Tenths
- The first place after the decimal point — one out of ten equal parts.
- Hundredths
- The second place after the decimal — one out of one hundred parts.
- Thousandths
- The third place after the decimal — one out of one thousand parts.
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