frac {5} {100}\) can be represented with 0.01 decimal counters. You will need 5 of these to represent the 5 hundredths. Let’s put these counters into a place value chart to help us read this as ...

It has a value of 0.3. The digit in the hundredths place is 5. It has a value of 0.05. Let's look at the rule for multiplying decimal numbers by 10. To multiply a decimal by 10, move the digits ...