Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.872 | 6 | . | 8 | 7 | 2 |
Expanded Form of 6.872:
6.872 = (6 * 100) + (8 * 1/101) + (7 * 1/102) + (2 * 1/103)
6.872 = (6 * 1) + (8 * 1/10) + (7 * 1/100) + (2 * 1/1,000)
6.872 = 6 + 8/10 + 7/100 + 2/1,000
6.872 = 6 + 0.8 + 0.07 + 0.002