Unit 10 Contents

Nicholas used the following base-ten pieces to show a number. If a flat is one whole, what number do these pieces represent?

These pieces show 3 wholes, 5 tenths, and 7 hundredths. We can write 3.57 or 3 for this number. We read both 3.57 and 3 as “three and fifty-seven hundredths.”

We can record 3.57 in a place value chart.

The 5 to the right of the decimal point is in the tenths place and the 7 is in the hundredths place. So 3.57 is made up of 3 ones (3), 5 tenths () and 7 hundredths ().

1. Place these base-ten pieces on your desk. If a flat is one whole, what number do these pieces represent?

2. Write this number as a common fraction and as a decimal fraction.
3. What digit is in the tenths place?
4. What digit is in the hundredths place?
1. Place the following base-ten pieces on your desk. If a flat is one whole, what number do these pieces represent?

2. Write this number as a common fraction and as a decimal fraction.
3. What digit is in the tenths place?
4. What digit is in the hundredths place?