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=Representing Decimals=

If there was a number like **2,485.3778** The first number **2** would be in the thousands. The number **4**=hundreds

.=Decimal
 * 2**=Thousands
 * 4**=Hundreds
 * 8**=Tens[[image:http://www.mathsisfun.com/images/decimals.gif width="251" height="151" align="right"]]
 * 5**=Ones
 * 3**=Tenths
 * 7**=Hundredths
 * 7**=Thousandths
 * 8**=Ten Thousands

Example: It takes five thousand, four hundred, thirty-five and three hundred and eighty- four thousandths cups of water to fill a swimming pool. The decimal would be **5,435.384**

Good websites to learn more about representing decimals Is http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L2GL.html http://www.coolmath.com/decimals/index.html