What decimal number is illustrated?

You can use a decimal point and place values to show tenths and hundredths.

There are 100 squares. There are 22 colored squares. This picture shows twenty-two hundredths.

Now write twenty-two hundredths as a decimal. Use a place value chart.

ones tenthshundredths
0.22

The answer is 0.22.

There are 100 squares. There are 62 colored squares. This picture shows sixty-two hundredths.

Now write sixty-two hundredths as a decimal. Use a place value chart.

The answer is 0.62.

There are 100 squares. There are 96 coloured squares. This picture shows ninety-six hundredths.

Now write ninety-six hundredths as a decimal. Use a place value chart.

The answer is 0.96.

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