Number · Decimals

Tenths and hundredths

Recognise tenths and hundredths from a picture and write them as decimals.

Victorian Curriculum VC2M4N01 · 37 questions · 37 step-by-step · 7 clips

How we teach it

This is what sits under the answer sheets in the app — the same cards, clips and lessons your child sees after a question.

The concept cards

One picture that says the whole idea. Every answer sheet on this topic points back to its card.

RememberWriting tenths as decimalsTenths are written as decimals like this:RememberTenths and hundredths1 whole=100 hundredths=10 tenths= is the same amount as .A whole can be cut into one hundred parts. These are called hundredths. Ten hundredths make one tenth.RememberTenths, hundredths and decimalsThis picture shows 26 hundredths shaded — that is Written as a decimal, that amount is:Units TenthsHundredths0•26

Try the interactive lesson: The hundred square

Shade the squares and watch the fraction, the decimal, the place-value table and the percentage change together. Your child can explore, or press Start and be taught.

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A narrated clip

Short, spoken, and about one question. Press play — it uses your device's own voice.

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One question, as your child sees it

And the answer sheet that follows a second wrong try: what we know, what we need, the steps, a check, the answer.

Rewrite as a decimal.

Your child types the answer on a number pad.

First hint: Hundredths take two places after the decimal point.

The answer sheet

We know: The fraction .
We need: The same amount as a decimal.

73 hundredths is 73 squares: 7 full columns and 3 more. 7 tenths and 3 hundredths.

write the 7 in the tenths place and the 3 in the hundredths place: 0.73.

The rule

A fraction out of 100 becomes a decimal with two places after the point.

RememberTenths and hundredths1 whole=100 hundredths=10 tenths= is the same amount as .A whole can be cut into one hundred parts. These are called hundredths. Ten hundredths make one tenth.

Check

0.73 = 70 hundredths + 3 hundredths = 73 hundredths. ✓

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Answer

0.73

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