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278 C HAPTE R 4 I DECIMALS

PRACTICE 4 Example 4 Fill in the check to Camelot Music to pay for your purchase of
Fill in the check to CLECO $92.98.
(Central Louisiana Electric Solution:
Company) to pay for your
Your Preprinted Name 60–8124/7233 1404
monthly electric bill of $207.40. Your Preprinted Address 1000613331
(
DATE Current date (
PAY TO Camelot Music $ 92.98
Your Preprinted Name 60–8124/7233 1406
1000613331 THE ORDER OF
Your Preprinted Address 98
DATE /
PAY TO $ Ninety-two and 100 DOLLARS
THE ORDER OF
FIRST STATE BANK
DOLLARS
OF F A R THINGT ON
FIRST STATE BANK FARTHINGTON, IL 64422
OF F A R T HINGT ON
FARTHINGTON, IL 64422 ( Your signature (
MEMO
MEMO
Work Practice 4
Objective Writing Decimals in Standard Form
A decimal written in words can be written in standard form by reversing the proce-
dure in Objective A.
PRACTICE 5–6 Examples Write each decimal in standard form.
Write each decimal in standard
5. Forty-eight and twenty-six hundredths is
form.
5. Three hundred and ninety-six 48.26
hundredths
6. Thirty-nine and forty-two hundredths place
thousandths 6. Six and ninety-five thousandths is

6.095
thousandths place
Work Practice 5–6

When converting a decimal from words to decimal notation, make sure the last
digit is in the correct place by inserting 0s if necessary. For example,

Two and thirty-eight thousandths is 2.038
thousandths place

Objective Writing Decimals as Fractions

Once you master reading and writing decimals, writing a decimal as a fraction
follows naturally.

Decimal In Words Fraction
7
Answers 0.7 seven tenths 10
4.
51
0.51 fifty-one hundredths
Your Preprinted Name 60–8124/7233 1405 100
1000613331
Your Preprinted Address
(
DATE Current date (
PAY TO CLECO $ 207.40 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education, Inc.
THE ORDER OF 9
40 /
Two hundred seven and 100 DOLLARS 0.009 nine thousandths
FIRST STATE BANK 1000
OF F A R T HINGT ON
FARTHINGTON, IL 64422
MEMO (Your signature)
5 1
0.05 five hundredths =
5. 300.96 6. 39.042 100 20