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Let's take a minute
to remember regular place values and place names for whole number: 
Now, we're going to stick a decimal point in there and go from a whole
number to a decimal number: 
Here's how we name the places on the right of the decimal point: 
Let's look at the place values in numbers... This is how these guys got
their names: 
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If you're good
at reading and saying regular whole numbers, this will be a snap for you!Here's
a little review: 
"five hundred twenty-three"
(Notice that I didn't say "and twenty-three!") 
"seventy-three thousand four hundred eighty-one"
(Again, I didn't say "and" anywhere.) We're
saving the big "and" for the decimal point! Check this out: 
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