Place Value: Decimals
📋 What it is
Places continue past the decimal point: tenths, hundredths, thousandths — each 10× smaller.
🗣️ Coach says
The pattern doesn't stop at the decimal point — it keeps shrinking by tens. Right of the point comes tenths, then hundredths. So 0.7 is seven tenths, and 0.07 is seven hundredths — ten times smaller.
🧠 Memory hook
Right of the point: tenths, hundredths, thousandths. Each place is 10× SMALLER than the last.
😂 Giggle
What did zero say to eight?
"Nice belt!"
😲 Whoa!
Money is decimals you use daily: $1.25 is 1 whole dollar, 2 dimes (tenths) and 5 cents (hundredths).
✅ Quick check: Which is bigger, 0.7 or 0.07?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
0.7 — seven tenths is ten times bigger than seven hundredths.
Tenths sit one place left of hundredths, so they're ten times larger.
🪄 Trick question: Is 0.5 the same as 0.50?
Careful — think it through, then reveal.
Yes — the extra zero adds no value; both are five tenths.
Trailing zeros to the right of the decimal don't change the amount.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Line up 0.5, 0.50, and 0.500. They're all equal — trailing zeros after the point don't change value.