Reading and writing numbers (age 10+)
Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form; compare using >, =, < based on place-value meaning
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Can your child read and write decimals like 3.047 or 0.625, say what each digit means (3 ones, 0 tenths, 4 hundredths, 7 thousandths), and put a set of decimals in order?
Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form; compare using >, =, < based on place-value meaning
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- Write 347.392 in expanded form: 3×100 + 4×10 + 7×1 + 3×(1/10) + 9×(1/100) + 2×(1/1000)
- Compare 0.372 and 0.38 using place-value reasoning
- Write 'five and sixty-two thousandths' as 5.062
“Can your child read and write decimals like 3.047 or 0.625, say what each digit means (3 ones, 0 tenths, 4 hundredths, 7 thousandths), and put a set of decimals in order?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Number Representation & Place Value
- Age range
- Ages 10–11