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Solution to
0
10 , or any number to the zero power, is defined as that number divided
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by itself. Any number divided by itself is equal to 1 (100 = 10/10 = 1).
If you said "'zero" (100),
As you probably noticed in Frame 3-2, the place to the right of the
then you would be correct.
decimal point always ends in "ths." The decimal is read as though it
were a fraction with the numerator followed by the denominator. (The
denominator is the place value of the last digit.) For example:
0.46
46
=
100
,which is read, "forty-six hundredths."
NOTE: Don't forget the "ths." It is this sound which notifies you that you
are dealing with a decimal instead of a whole number.
a. Write the number meaning "one hundred twenty-seven thousand."
b. Write the number meaning "one hundred twenty-seven thousandths."
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Solution to
Remember, the "ths" of the right-most digit is read. For example, 0.032
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is read as "thirty-two thousandths," not as "three hundredths and two
thousandths."
a. 127,000
a. How is 0.3736 read?
.
b. 0.127 or
127
1000
b. How is 0.000002 read?
.
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FRAME 3-7.
Solution to
The decimal point is read as "AND." For example, 35.362 is read as
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"thirty-five AND three hundred sixty-two thousandths."
a. three thousand
a. How is 404.404 read?
seven hundred
thirty-six
ten-thousandths
b. Write fourteen and five tenths.
b. 2 millionths
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