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If
you can read a decimal, like 0.08 (eight hundredths) you can
write it as a fraction just as you say it, 8/100. With powers
of ten, each zero in the denominator equals the number of
decimal places. 8/100 has two zeros, thus it equals 0.08.
You can also use a place value chart to help you read decimals.
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Hundredths |
Thousandths |
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