Explanation:
This square illustrates one whole. It is divided into a hundred parts
or hundredths. The top left square is divided into ten new parts.
Those are thousandths.
The 6 shaded parts represent 6
1000 , or 0.006 (six thousandths).
The third decimal digit from the decimal point is the thousandths digit.
For example, 0.008 is eight thousandths.
Read the whole set of three decimal digits as a number, and say “thousandths.”
0.391 is read “391 thousandths.” As a This is a complete lesson with instruction and exercises about decimals with three decimal digits: writing them as fractions, place value & expanded form, and decimals on a number line. It is meant for 5th grade.
In the video below, I explain decimals with three decimal digits—or thousandths—using fractions and a number line. Then I show examples of converting fractions to decimals and vice versa.
fraction, it is 391
1000 .
0.047 is read “47 thousandths.” As a fraction, it is 47
1000 .