For example
One cent is one of the hundredths that make up a dollar.
In Grade 5
Children shade hundred squares and link one part to one hundredth and to money.
Watch out for
Children often read 0.05 as five tenths. The second place after the point counts hundredths, not tenths.
Say it at home
Talk about cents as hundredths of a dollar while counting change together.
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