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Decimals - Hundredths

1 whole unit can be split into 100 equal parts. Each part is one hundredth

Or we can show the same thing this way:

One (1) whole unit	Split into ten equal parts (tenths)	Each tenth split into ten equal parts	Each part is one hundredth

Numbers with place value

When we write numbers with hundredths using decimals we use a decimal point and places to the right of this decimal point. The hundredth place is two places to the right of the decimal point.

73/100 = .73	.	7	3	We read this number as seventy-three hundredths

Examples of numbers with thousandths

Blocks	Fraction	Decimal	Notes
	1/100	.01 one hundredth
	2/100	.02 two hundredths
	44/100	.44 forty-four hundredths	Note: four tenths = forty hundredths ( .4 = .40 )
	87/100	.87 eighty-seven hundredths
	35/100	.35 thirty-five hundredths
	1 1/100	1.01 one and one hundredths
	1 26/100	1.26 one and twenty-six hundredths

Use the worksheets below to practice working with decimals using hundredths:

• Rounding decimals to the nearest tenth
• Identifying and writing decimals - hundredths