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can be written as .001 or 0.001 and read as point zero zero one or zero
1 4
point zero zero one, i.e., = .001 or 0.001. Similarly, = .004
1000 1000
or 0.004 (point zero zero four or zero point zero zero four) of the big
cube is pink.
Can you say what part of the big cube is grey?
Place Value Table
Study the place value table for the numerals 43.614, 218.035 and 6.893.
Hundreds Tens Ones Tenths Hundredths Thousandths
(H) (T) (O) Decimal point (Tth) (Hth) Thth
1 1 1
100 10 1 10 100 1000
4 3 . 6 1 4
2 1 8 . 0 3 5
6 . 8 9 3
6
Here, in the number 43.614, the place value of 6 is (six-tenths), 1 is
10
1 4
(one-hundredth) and 4 is (four-thousandths). A decimal number
100 1000
has two parts–whole number and decimal parts. We read whole number
in the usual way and then each digit separately.
e.g., 524 . 207
Whole number part Decimal part
It is read as five hundred twenty-four point two zero seven.
Similarly, the number 43.614 is read as forty-three point six one four.
Also, the number can be expanded as:
6 1 4
43.614 = 40 + 3 + + +
10 100 1000
or 40 + 3 + .6 + .01 + .004
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