5.02 Read and write decimals to thousandths
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Do you remember how to write decimals? Let's try this problem to practice.
Write the following fraction as a decimal:
$\frac{7}{100}$7100
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A thousandth can be written as the decimal $0.001$0.001 and is the same value as the fraction $\frac{1}{1000}$11000.
This video looks at converting thousandths between fraction and decimal representations.
Another word that we can use to describe the ones place is 'units'.
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Question 1
Write the number represented by $102$102 thousandths:
As a fraction.
As a decimal.
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This video shows us how to read and write thousandths.
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Question 2
How do we write the number $0.008$0.008 in words?
eight thousandths
Azero point zero and eight
Bzero and eight hundredths
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$1$1 thousandth is written as $0.001$0.001, with a $1$1 in the thousandths place and $0$0s in the other places.