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Reciprocal Thinking

Talking about Place Value

Introduction In this interview Courtney reads decimal numbers conventionally (digit point digit digit) and shows she knows the tenths and hundredths columns. She also knows it is sometimes useful to treat the decimal part as a whole number.

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