Decimal Place Value

You can also write decimals that have whole numbers. You use the word AND in place of the decimal.

For example 543.88 would be written as five hundred fourty three and eighty eight hundredths.

Be sure to pay close attention to the "th" in the words. This will tell you if it is part of the decimal or the whole number. Hundred would be in the whole number, but hundredth would be part of the decimal.

For example, fifty seven and three hundred fourty seven thousandths would be written as 57.347.

Use the and to tell you where to place the decimal.