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Discover the fun world of Mr. Dancing Decimal! Learn how this whimsical character helps you understand decimal points and operations. When multiplying by 10 or 100, Mr. Dancing Decimal simply dances to the right—adding zeros where needed. When dividing, he jumps to the left, making the process easy and enjoyable! This engaging approach will transform your understanding of decimals in mathematics, helping you see numbers in a whole new way. With Mr. Dancing Decimal, fractions and whole numbers become a dance party!
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DANCING DECIMALS
You know that a decimal point separates a whole number from a decimal fraction of a number. 2 4 Whole Number Fraction of Number
Well, Mr Decimal does a whole lot more. For example, if you want to multiply by ten Mr Dancing Decimal simply dances one step to the right- your right that is… Look And since we can’t leave Mr Dancing Decimal cold and alone at the end of a number we put in a zero to look after him 10 2 4 x 2 4 0 =
You can multiply by a hundred by using dancing decimals Since 100 has two noughts Mr Dancing Decimal jumps twice. And don’t forget the bodyguard! Like this… 4 4 4 0
We haven’t stopped yet! Instead of jumping to the right- he just jumps to the left… Like this We can use Mr DD to divide by 10… 2 4 0 10 - 2 4 0 = And we don’t need the zero anymore