Decimal numbers are made up of a whole number part, a decimal (or fraction) part, and the decimal point.
The place values to the right of the decimal point of the number shown above are given below:
The proper way to read a decimal number is to (1) read the whole number part, (2) read the decimal point as the word "and", and (3) read the decimal part.
Here are three examples:
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3:
What is the correct way to read the following number?
63.174
Select the number that matches the word:
seven and twenty-nine ten-thousandths
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