Pre-Algebra Demystified

EXAMPLE

Name 0.6235.

SOLUTION

First write in words 6235, and then write the place value of the five after it:

Six thousand two hundred thirty-five ten thousandths.

EXAMPLE

Name 0.000006.

SOLUTION

Six millionths.

When there is a whole number and a decimal, the decimal part is written

using the word ‘‘and.’’

EXAMPLE

Name 57.263.

SOLUTION

Fifty-seven and two hundred sixty-three thousandths.

PRACTICE

Name each number:

1. 0.0032


2. 0.444


3. 0.87236


4. 39.61


5. 182.9

ANSWERS

1. Thirty-two ten thousandths


2. Four hundred forty-four thousandths


3. Eighty-seven thousand two hundred thirty-six hundred thousandths


4. Thirty-nine and sixty-one hundredths


5. One hundred eighty-two and nine tenths

84 CHAPTER 5 Decimals