NAME
_______________________________ DATE ____________ PERIOD________
DECIMAL
DELIGHT
A SEVEN DIGIT DECIMAL NUMERAL IS
PRINTED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH LINE IN THE TABLE BELOW. ON EACH LINE, SHADE IN THE BOXES CONTAINING THE
DIGITS WITH THE INDICATED PLACE VALUES.
NOTE: THE DECIMAL POINT IS
NOT IN THE SAME POSITION IN EACH NUMERAL.
IF
COMPLETED CORRECTLY, YOU WILL END UP WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE WITH
YOU.
#1) | 5 | 8
| 7 | 4. | 4 | 3
| 6 | Thousands, Hundreds, Tens,
Ones, Tenths
#2) | 7 | 8
| 6 | 5 | 4. | 7
| 2 | Hundreds, Ones
#3) | 4 | 0
| 1 | 3. | 4 | 5
| 1 | Tens, Tenths
#4) | 3 | 4
| 5 | 1 | 7
| 2. | 8 | Hundred Thousands,
Ten Thousands, Thousands
#5) | 9 | 4
| 3 | 8. | 7 | 4
| 2 | Nothing on this line
#6) | 6 | 0
| 1 | 5. | 4 | 3
| 1 | Hundreds, Tens, Ones,
Tenths, Hundredths, Thousandths
#7) | 3 | 0
| 9 | 8 | 1. | 2
| 3 | Ones, Hundredths
#9) | 6 | 9
| 0 | 8 | 7
| 5. | 3 | Tens, Tenths
#10)| 1 | 2 | 3
| 6. | 7 | 8 | 9
| Thousands, Hundreds, Tens, Tenths, Hundredths, Thousandths
#11)| 9 | 8 | 7
| 6 | 5 | 4
| 3. | Millions, Ten Thousands
#12)| 8 | 9 | 9
| 6 | 4. | 5 | 7
| Ten Thousands, Hundreds
#13)| 1 | 2 | 3
| 1. | 9 | 7 | 5
| Shade ALL EXCEPT Ones
#14)| 4 | 0 | 6
| 5. | 0 | 5 | 2
| Tenths, Thousandths
#15)| 1 | 0 | 0
| 0 | 3. | 2 | 1
| Ones, Hundredths
#16)| 6 | 0 | 2
| 1 | 5. | 7 | 8
| Thousands, Hundreds, Tens, Ones, Tenths, Hundredths
Questions:
What function
does the decimal point serve?
How would you
write the fraction one tenth?
How would you
write the fraction one hundredth?
How would you
write the fraction one millionth?
What is the
difference between a fraction and a decimal?
How does the
metric system solve the problem of converting fractions to decimals?