We will now look closer at hundredths and the hundredths place. The hundredths place is the second number to the right of the point in a decimal number. When you have two decimals, you express yourself with the precision of one hundredth.
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You might remember from before that 10 tenths became . Because you are now talking about hundredths, you need hundredths to get .
You may have seen javelin throw on TV. That sport is about throwing a spear the furthest. The length of a throw is measured with a precision of one hundredth, like this:
Example 1
You count hundredths. What numbers can you find between and ?
You can find five numbers: , , , and .
Example 2
Look at the sequence of numbers above the stuff about javelin. Find two numbers between and .
You can choose from eight different numbers, and two examples are and .
Example 3
If you count by hundredths, what number comes after ?
is positioned one hundredth to the left of , which makes the answer .
Think About This
You noticed in Example 2 that you found numbers between two decimals with tenths using hundredths.
This trick always works! In order to find a number situated between two decimals, you can always add one more decimal other than 0, behind the smallest number. Check this out:
Look at the numbers and . The smallest number is . You can now add one decimal to the smallest number, for example the number . You get then . That number is between and !