Decimals - Tenths, Hundredths, and Thousandths

Use the illustrations below to help explain how one whole unit is equal to 10 tenths, to 100 hundredths, and 1,000 thousandths. This understanding will really help when working with decimals and with place values to the right of the decimal point.

Here is one (1) whole unit
1 can be split into 10 equal parts
Each part is one tenth of the whole		Learn more about tenths
Each tenth can be split into ten equal parts	> >
There are 100 parts in the whole so each part is called one hundredth	x 100 =	Learn more about hundredths
Each hundredth can be split into ten equal parts	> >
There are 1000 parts in the whole so each part is called one thousandth	x 1,000 =	Learn more about thousandths