0.999 compared to 0.9999 with a place value chart

Place Value Chart
Ones Tenths Hundredths Thousandths Ten Thousandths
0.999 0 . 9 9 9 0
0.9999 0 . 9 9 9 9
  • The (0) in the ten thousandths place in 0.9990 is less than the (9) in the ten thousandths place in 0.9999
  • Therefore 0.999 < 0.9999 (0.999 is less than 0.9999)

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