CHAPTER 4 DECIMALS NOTE OF DECIMALS

1. PLACE VALUE EXAMPLE: 5.264 PLACE VALUE THOUSANDTHS HUNDREDTHS TENTHS 2. Rounded off Example: Decimal 4.7871 thousandth 4.787 To the nearest hundredth 4.79 tenth 4.8 VALUE OF DIGIT 0.004 0.06 0.2

3. Calculation o Decimal (a) First- Carry out calculation in bracket (b) Second- Carry out or from the left (c) Third - Carry out + or from the left

QUESTION OF DECIMALS

1. Round off 56.47 to the nearest tenth.

2. State the value of digit 9 in 12.92.

3.

45 7 15 + = 100 1000 100

4. 2 0.2 + 0.02 =

5. 0.17 23 =

6.

2.25 = 0.025

7.

4 0.98 0.4 = 7

8.

1.69 3 0.1 = 0.13 8

9.

30 0.08 = 0.06 0.4

1 2 10. Calculate the value of 0.8 + and express the answer as a decimal. 4 5